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Enclosed Settlement, Stonefieldfarm is an archaeological site in Midlothian, Scotland, situated approximately 480 metres south-east of Stonefieldhill Farm. The monument consists of an enclosed settlement, a form of defended domestic habitation characteristic of Iron Age and Romano-British communities in central Scotland. Such settlements typically comprised roundhouses and other structures contained within one or more banks and ditches, serving both practical and symbolic functions in organizing domestic space and displaying social status.
The site sits upon bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, composed of mudstone, siltstone, and sandstone intermixed with coal seams, ironstone and ferricrete deposits. This geology, formed during the Moscovian period of the Carboniferous, would have shaped both the settlement's foundation and the local environment available to its inhabitants. The ironstone and coal resources present in the wider landscape would have been of economic significance to later industrial development, though the monument itself reflects much earlier settlement patterns.
The enclosed settlement is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6258. This designation reflects its importance as evidence of prehistoric and protohistoric occupation patterns in the Midlothian region. The site contributes to understanding how communities in central Scotland organized their settlements and territories during the centuries preceding and following Roman military incursions into the area.
Enclosed settlement, 480m SE of Stonefieldhill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6258. View the official record →
Enclosed Settlement, Stonefieldfarm is an archaeological site in Midlothian, Scotland, situated approximately 480 metres south-east of Stonefieldhill Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6258.
Enclosed settlement, 480m SE of Stonefieldhill Farm 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 SM6258.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Highwood House,enclosure 800m S of (0.7 km), Capielaw, enclosed settlement (1.6 km), Temple, Old Parish Church (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Enclosed settlement, 480m SE of Stonefieldhill Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Enclosed settlement, 480m SE of Stonefieldhill Farm stands on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.