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Fauld Burn enclosure and building is a post-medieval settlement site located 875 metres west of Stidriggs in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The monument comprises an enclosure and associated building, typical of the dispersed rural settlements that characterised the Scottish Borders during the 16th to 18th centuries. Such sites often functioned as farmsteads or small pastoral holdings, serving the local agricultural economy of the region.
The site sits upon bedrock of the Gala Group, wacke deposits formed during the Telychian period of the Ordovician. This geology is characteristic of the moorland and hill country of south-west Scotland, where the underlying sedimentary rocks have weathered into soils suitable for pastoral farming and rough grazing. The landscape around Fauld Burn reflects this heritage, with the surviving remains indicating how communities adapted their settlement patterns to the terrain and resources available.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12613, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval rural settlement patterns. The survival of both structural elements and enclosure boundaries provides valuable archaeological information about domestic organisation and land use in early modern Dumfriesshire.
Fauld Burn, enclosure and building 875m W of Stidriggs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12613. View the official record →
Fauld Burn enclosure and building is a post-medieval settlement site located 875 metres west of Stidriggs in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12613.
Fauld Burn, enclosure and building 875m W of Stidriggs dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure and building 875m w of stidriggs. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Fauld Burn, enclosure and building 875m W of Stidriggs 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 SM12613.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dumgree Church and burial ground (3.2 km), Boreland Tower (4.3 km), Rectilinear enclosure, 1070m SSW of Barntimpen (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Fauld Burn, enclosure and building 875m W of Stidriggs'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.
Fauld Burn, enclosure and building 875m W of Stidriggs stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.