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Cowbakie Hill is a post-medieval enclosure located 220 metres north-north-east of 12 Forgan Drive in Fife, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation dating to the Pragian period, comprising sandstone with subordinate layers of conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This underlying geology has shaped the local landscape and building materials available to past inhabitants of the area.
Post-medieval enclosures in Lowland Scotland typically date from the 16th century onwards and served agricultural, defensive or administrative purposes. Such structures reflect a period of significant change in land use and social organisation, when improved farming practices and the consolidation of estates led to the formal demarcation of territory. The sandstone-rich bedrock of Cowbakie Hill would have provided ready sources of stone for construction.
The enclosure is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM7096, recognising its importance to understanding the post-medieval settlement and land management patterns of Fife. The monument contributes to the archaeological record of a region where evidence of early modern occupation and land use remains significant, particularly in understanding the transition from medieval to early modern agricultural systems across Scotland's central belt.
Cowbakie Hill, enclosure 220m NNE of 12 Forgan Drive is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7096. View the official record →
Cowbakie Hill is a post-medieval enclosure located 220 metres north-north-east of 12 Forgan Drive in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7096.
Cowbakie Hill, enclosure 220m NNE of 12 Forgan Drive dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure 220m nne of 12 forgan drive. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cowbakie Hill, enclosure 220m NNE of 12 Forgan Drive 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 SM7096.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Leuchars Castle, enclosures 700m N of (2.4 km), Leuchars Castle, unenclosed settlement 320m NNE of (3 km), Leuchars Castle, settlement 200m and 400m W of and 240m WNW of (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cowbakie Hill, enclosure 220m NNE of 12 Forgan Drive'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.
Cowbakie Hill, enclosure 220m NNE of 12 Forgan Drive stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.