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Clochanshiels is a post-medieval cairn field system located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, situated approximately 500 metres east-south-east of the settlement that gives it its name. The monument comprises a complex of cairns, ruined houses and associated field systems that reflect agricultural use and settlement patterns of the early modern period. The site's development was influenced by the underlying bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a metamorphic sequence of psammite and pelite formed during the Middle Cambrian period, which would have shaped soil conditions and land use across the landscape.
The cairns at Clochanshiels represent a characteristic feature of post-medieval rural settlement, constructed from stone cleared from fields during cultivation and often marking field boundaries or possessing ritual significance. The surviving houses provide evidence for the domestic architecture and spatial organisation of early modern rural communities in the north-east of Scotland. Together with the field systems, they document how communities adapted to and exploited their environment during this period.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM4857, recognising its importance for understanding post-medieval settlement, land management and social structures in Kincardineshire. The combination of structural remains and field evidence contributes significantly to knowledge of rural life in north-east Scotland during the centuries following the medieval period.
Clochanshiels,cairns,houses and field systems 500m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4857. View the official record →
Clochanshiels is a post-medieval cairn field system located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, situated approximately 500 metres east-south-east of the settlement that gives it its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4857.
Clochanshiels,cairns,houses and field systems 500m ESE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a cairns,houses and field systems. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Clochanshiels,cairns,houses and field systems 500m ESE 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 SM4857.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cowie Line, pillboxes & anti-tank blocks NE of Whitehill (0.5 km), Glenton Hill,house,enclosure and field system (2.3 km), Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead (3.4 km).
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Clochanshiels,cairns,houses and field systems 500m ESE of stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.