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Fallow Green Rig is a medieval farmstead and field boundary situated in East Lothian, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke sandstone deposited during the Telychian period of the Silurian. This underlying geology shaped both the settlement's location and the character of its construction, as local stone would have provided the primary building material for any structures raised here.
The farmstead represents the everyday landscape of medieval rural settlement in the Lothians, where scattered farms worked the open countryside beyond the major ecclesiastical and secular centres. The surviving earthworks preserve traces of domestic occupation and the field systems that supported agricultural life, evidence of the organised division of land that characterised medieval farming practice in lowland Scotland.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM3338, recognising its archaeological significance as a record of medieval settlement patterns and land management in East Lothian. The combination of farmstead remains and fossilised field boundaries provides insight into the spatial organisation of medieval agricultural communities and their relationship with the surrounding landscape.
Fallow Green Rig, medieval farmstead and field boundary is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3338. View the official record →
Fallow Green Rig is a medieval farmstead and field boundary situated in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3338.
Fallow Green Rig, medieval farmstead and field boundary dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a medieval farmstead and field boundary. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Fallow Green Rig, medieval farmstead and field boundary 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 SM3338.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kingside Hill,stone circle (4.3 km), Blue House, cairns 720m ESE of (5.4 km), Gamelshiel Castle (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Fallow Green Rig, medieval farmstead and field boundary'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.
Fallow Green Rig, medieval farmstead and field boundary stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.