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Easter Kilwhiss enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated 820 metres south-south-east of Easter Kilwhiss in Fife, Scotland. The monument comprises an enclosure of a type common in lowland Scotland from the 16th century onwards, when landowners sought to define and control pastoral land through the construction of boundary works and stock management features. The site rests upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, Late Devonian sandstone and conglomerate interbedded in composition, which would have provided natural stone for any construction or repair of the earthwork's banks and ditches.
Post-medieval enclosures in this region typically served agricultural purposes, marking the transition from open runrig cultivation towards more intensive land management. Easter Kilwhiss lies within an agricultural landscape that has been continuously worked and refined over centuries, and the enclosure would have formed part of this evolving settlement pattern. The earthwork itself represents the material outcome of changing attitudes to land ownership and productive use during the early modern period.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the statutory reference SM6748, reflecting its value as evidence of early modern farming practice and landscape organisation in Fife. Such enclosures contribute substantially to understanding how Scottish rural communities restructured their territorial arrangements during the post-medieval centuries.
Easter Kilwhiss, enclosure 820m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6748. View the official record →
Easter Kilwhiss enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated 820 metres south-south-east of Easter Kilwhiss in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6748.
Easter Kilwhiss, enclosure 820m SSE 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.
Easter Kilwhiss, enclosure 820m SSE 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 SM6748.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glenorkie, barrows 300m SSE of (3.4 km), Forthar Cottage, enclosure 200m W of (3.6 km), Nether Drums, fort 300m NW of (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Easter Kilwhiss, enclosure 820m SSE 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.
Easter Kilwhiss, enclosure 820m SSE of stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.