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Easter Cowden is a post-medieval enclosure located in Midlothian, Scotland. The site consists of field boundaries and associated earthworks that reflect the agricultural reorganisation and land management practices of the early modern period. Such enclosures represent the transition from medieval open-field systems to the more regularised field patterns characteristic of the early modern Scottish landscape. The monument is documented within the national record under HES INSPIRE designation SM6209 as part of the broader archaeological and historical evidence for agrarian change in the Midlothian region during the post-medieval centuries.
Easter Cowden, enclosures is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6209. View the official record →
Easter Cowden is a post-medieval enclosure located in Midlothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6209.
Easter Cowden, enclosures dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Easter Cowden, enclosures 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 SM6209.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pathhead,Roman camps,enclosures and pit alignment (5.9 km), Play Hill, settlement (6 km), Newbyres Castle (6.3 km).
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