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Coldale Enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork located in East Lothian, Scotland, situated approximately 200 metres east-south-east of Coldale itself. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5941. It represents the kind of modest agricultural or pastoral enclosure that characterises the rural landscape of early modern Scotland, when the intensification of farming practices led to the subdivision and formalisation of land use across the Scottish Borders and the Southeast.
The enclosure sits upon bedrock of Unnamed Extrusive Rocks from the Dinantian period, comprising felsic lava and felsic tuff deposited during the Mississippian epoch. This acidic, volcanic geology is typical of the Midland Valley's complex geological heritage and would have influenced both the drainage and fertility of the surrounding land, affecting how the post-medieval occupants managed their fields and stock.
As a post-medieval enclosure, the site embodies the practical concerns of early modern farming communities—the need to contain livestock, define property boundaries, and organise access to pasture and arable land. Though modest in scale and without the grandeur of contemporary fortified structures, such enclosures form the everyday archaeology of rural settlement and land management during Scotland's transition to modern agricultural practices.
Coldale,enclosure 200m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5941. View the official record →
Coldale Enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork located in East Lothian, Scotland, situated approximately 200 metres east-south-east of Coldale itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5941.
Coldale,enclosure 200m ESE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Coldale,enclosure 200m 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 SM5941.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Green Castle,enclosure 100m NE of fort (8.1 km), Park,fort 800m SE of (8.1 km), Green Castle,fort,Newlands (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Coldale,enclosure 200m ESE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Coldale,enclosure 200m ESE of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is felsic lava and felsic tuff.