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East Bearford enclosure is a post-medieval field enclosure situated 400 metres south-southwest of East Bearford in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM5928. It represents the practical agricultural reorganisation of the Scottish lowland landscape during the early modern period, when established field systems were adapted and formalised through stone or turf boundaries.
The enclosure lies upon bedrock of unnamed extrusive rocks of Dinantian age, composed of felsic lava and felsic tuff from the Mississippian period. This underlying geology of volcanic origin would have influenced both the stone available for construction and the drainage characteristics of the surrounding agricultural land, shaping the practical choices made by those who worked this ground in the post-medieval era.
The survival of this enclosure in the East Lothian landscape reflects the enduring patterns of field management established in this region, where such subdivisions served essential functions in stock control, crop rotation and the progressive improvement of agricultural productivity during the centuries following the medieval period.
East Bearford,enclosure 400m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5928. View the official record →
East Bearford enclosure is a post-medieval field enclosure situated 400 metres south-southwest of East Bearford in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5928.
East Bearford,enclosure 400m SSW 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.
East Bearford,enclosure 400m SSW 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 SM5928.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Swallow Cleugh,palisaded enclosure (7.7 km), Newlands,enclosure 500m S of (8.2 km), Black Castle,fort,Newlands (8.3 km).
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East Bearford,enclosure 400m SSW of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is felsic lava and felsic tuff.