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Eaglescairnie Mains enclosure is a post-medieval field monument located in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 450 metres east-south-east of Eaglescairnie Mains farm. The site represents the practical agricultural organisation of the early modern countryside, built on bedrock of the Strathclyde Group formation. These sedimentary rocks, laid down during the Visean period, underlie much of lowland East Lothian and have influenced farming practices here for centuries.
The enclosure exemplifies the field divisions and stock management systems that characterised Scottish rural estates in the post-medieval period. Such earthwork boundaries served to define property, control livestock movement and maximise agricultural productivity across the improved landscape. The monument sits within the rolling agricultural terrain typical of East Lothian's productive farmed hinterland.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM5821, recognising its significance as a material record of early modern rural settlement and land use. The enclosure contributes to understanding how Scottish landholders restructured their estates during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Eaglescairnie Mains,enclosure 450m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5821. View the official record →
Eaglescairnie Mains enclosure is a post-medieval field monument located in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 450 metres east-south-east of Eaglescairnie Mains farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5821.
Eaglescairnie Mains,enclosure 450m 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.
Eaglescairnie Mains,enclosure 450m 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 SM5821.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Castles,fort (4.6 km), Kidlaw, fort (4.6 km), Witches Knowe,fort (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Eaglescairnie Mains,enclosure 450m ESE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Eaglescairnie Mains,enclosure 450m ESE of stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.