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East Crossley field systems and houses is a post-medieval settlement and agricultural landscape located 600 metres north-west of Kincardineshire. The site comprises the remains of domestic structures and associated field boundaries that reflect the organisation of rural life in early modern Scotland. The settlement sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic psammites, semipelites and pelites that underlie much of this part of Kincardineshire, providing a foundation of metamorphic geology shaped over 600 million years ago.
The field systems visible at East Crossley demonstrate the characteristic pattern of post-medieval Scottish agricultural reorganisation, when communities divided and managed their land through defined boundaries. The house platforms and associated outbuildings indicate a working farming community whose settlement pattern and layout evolved across several centuries of occupation and use.
East Crossley is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM4658, recognising its significance as evidence of rural settlement and land-use practices in the early modern Highlands and their relationship to the underlying landscape.
East Crossley,field systems and houses 600m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4658. View the official record →
East Crossley field systems and houses is a post-medieval settlement and agricultural landscape located 600 metres north-west of Kincardineshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4658.
East Crossley,field systems and houses 600m NW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a field systems and houses. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
East Crossley,field systems and houses 600m NW 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 SM4658.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cantleyhills, cairn 150m SSW of (6.5 km), White Hill,house and field system (6.9 km), Raedykes, Roman camp 600m NE of South Raedykes (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of East Crossley,field systems and houses 600m NW of'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.
East Crossley,field systems and houses 600m NW of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.