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East Lodge enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 150 metres north-north-east of East Lodge itself. The monument consists of an enclosed area defined by banks and ditches typical of farming settlements and stock management compounds from the 16th century onwards. Such enclosures served practical purposes on working estates, providing secure boundaries for livestock or demarcating cultivated ground during a period of intensifying agricultural organisation across lowland Scotland.
The site sits upon bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Visean period of the Carboniferous era. These mudstones and siltstones underlie much of East Lothian, weathering into soils that supported the pastoral and arable activities for which this enclosure was constructed. The local geology has shaped both the landscape's fertility and the character of field systems developed here over centuries.
The enclosure is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6021, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval land use and rural settlement patterns. Such monuments provide valuable insight into the organisation of Scottish lowland estates during the early modern period, when domestic and agricultural improvements began to reshape the countryside.
East Lodge,enclosure 150m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6021. View the official record →
East Lodge enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 150 metres north-north-east of East Lodge itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6021.
East Lodge,enclosure 150m NNE 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 Lodge,enclosure 150m NNE 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 SM6021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blinkbonny Wood,enclosures 200m N of (8 km), Longyester,palisaded enclosures and pit alignments 600m SE of (8.1 km), The Castles,fort (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of East Lodge,enclosure 150m NNE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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East Lodge,enclosure 150m NNE of stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.