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East Mains is a post-medieval enclosure situated 500 metres west-north-west of the main settlement, in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument represents a distinctive field boundary or livestock containment structure dating from the 16th century onwards, a period when agricultural intensification and land consolidation became increasingly common in the Scottish lowlands. The enclosure's earthworks are preserved across land underlain by the Clackmannan Group, a Westphalian sedimentary formation that creates the distinctive rolling terrain of this region.
The enclosure's linear banks and ditches reflect the practical needs of early modern farming, when enclosed fields replaced the open-field systems of medieval agriculture. The Clackmannan Group geology, composed of cyclical sedimentary sequences of coal-bearing strata, weathers to produce soils that would have supported pasture and arable cultivation during this period. The monument's position in the landscape, away from the main focus of settlement, suggests its primary function as an agricultural facility rather than a domestic or defensive structure.
East Mains enclosure is now protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM5820. Its survival as an earthwork monument provides evidence of post-medieval land use patterns and farming practice in East Lothian, contributing to understanding of how rural communities adapted and reorganised their landscape during the early modern period.
East Mains,enclosure 500m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5820. View the official record →
East Mains is a post-medieval enclosure situated 500 metres west-north-west of the main settlement, in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5820.
East Mains,enclosure 500m WNW 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 Mains,enclosure 500m WNW 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 SM5820.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stobshiel Cottages,enclosure 350m NNW of (5.3 km), Stobshiel,fort (5.6 km), Kidlaw, fort (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of East Mains,enclosure 500m WNW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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East Mains,enclosure 500m WNW of stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.