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Cleuchfoot is a post-medieval farmstead located 1500 metres north-east of its named reference point in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The settlement is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM4687. The farmstead sits upon bedrock of the Riccarton Group, a Wenlock-age wacke formation that characterises much of the Southern Uplands geology in this region. This fine-grained sedimentary stone would have been readily available for building construction and field management in the locality.
Post-medieval farmsteads such as Cleuchfoot represent the agricultural landscape that developed from the sixteenth century onwards, following the transition from feudal to early modern rural settlement patterns. Farms of this period often occupied upland margins and valley locations suitable for mixed farming, taking advantage of local stone resources for their construction. The Dumfriesshire setting places this farmstead within an area of significant pastoral farming heritage.
The monument preserves evidence of domestic and agricultural organisation from several centuries of occupation and use. Its survival on the upland terrain of south-west Scotland contributes to the understanding of rural settlement evolution and land-use practices across the post-medieval period in the Southern Uplands.
Cleuchfoot,farmstead 1500m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4687. View the official record →
Cleuchfoot is a post-medieval farmstead located 1500 metres north-east of its named reference point in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Cleuchfoot,farmstead 1500m NE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cleuchfoot,farmstead 1500m NE 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 SM4687.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bloch Farm,enclosure 600 m N of (2 km), Callisterhall,cairn 2550m NNE of (2.6 km), Greencleuch Cottage, settlement 1550m NNW of (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cleuchfoot,farmstead 1500m NE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cleuchfoot,farmstead 1500m NE of stands on Riccarton Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.