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Cheynehill Wood Enclosures and Field Systems is a post-medieval archaeological site located approximately 750 metres north of Hillhead in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The site comprises field enclosures and associated field systems characteristic of the early modern period, reflecting the reorganisation of agricultural land-use that occurred across lowland Scotland during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The physical remains survive as earthwork features visible in the landscape, providing evidence of the transition from medieval to more formally organised agrarian practices. This site is recorded within the Historic Environment Record under the designation SM4917.
Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4917. View the official record →
Cheynehill Wood Enclosures and Field Systems is a post-medieval archaeological site located approximately 750 metres north of Hillhead in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4917.
Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures & field ststems 750m n of hillhead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM4917.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cowie Line, pill box & anti-tank blocks 450m W of Ury House (1.7 km), Unenclosed settlement, 250m NW of cemetery, Kirkton of Fetteresso (2.2 km), Cowie Line, pill boxes & anti-tank blocks 200m SW-275m SE of Ury House (2.3 km).
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