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Clerkhill is a post-medieval homestead and associated unenclosed settlement with field system located approximately 400 metres north of the designated site in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site represents the agricultural settlement pattern typical of the early modern period in the Scottish lowlands, comprising domestic structures and the surrounding cultivated landscape that would have supported rural subsistence and pastoral farming. The unenclosed field system indicates agricultural land use organised without formal stone or turf boundaries, a characteristic feature of post-medieval farming practices in this region before the systematic enclosure movements of later centuries. The homestead's survival as an archaeological site provides evidence of rural settlement organisation and land use practices during the period following the medieval era.
Clerkhill,homestead,unenclosed settlements & field system 400m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4966. View the official record →
Clerkhill is a post-medieval homestead and associated unenclosed settlement with field system located approximately 400 metres north of the designated site in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4966.
Clerkhill,homestead,unenclosed settlements & field system 400m N of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a homestead,unenclosed settlements & field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Clerkhill,homestead,unenclosed settlements & field system 400m N of 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 SM4966.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tanlawhill Cottages, farmstead 865 m E of (7.4 km), Tanlawhill,settlement 1150m SE of (7.7 km), Camp Hill, fort, 175m WSW of Bailliehill (7.7 km).
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