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Findlayston is a post-medieval cairn, enclosure and field systems monument located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, situated 500 metres east-north-east of the settlement itself. The site occupies ground underlain by Southern Highland Group bedrock of Middle Cambrian age, comprising psammite and pelite deposits that would have shaped both the landscape and the practical challenges of cultivation and settlement in this part of northeast Scotland. The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4596.
The cairn, enclosure and associated field systems represent the material legacy of post-medieval rural life in the region. Such monuments typically date from the sixteenth century onwards and reflect patterns of land use, stock management and domestic settlement that persisted across much of the Scottish Highlands and their margins. The field systems visible at Findlayston would have been fundamental to the subsistence economy of the community, while the cairn and enclosure structures served purposes ranging from stock containment to boundary demarcation.
The geological substrate of psammite and pelite—sandstone-like and mudstone-like metamorphic rocks—influences soil formation and drainage across the site, factors that would have determined where cultivation was possible and where grazing was most viable. The preservation of these interconnected elements makes Findlayston an important record of how rural communities in Kincardineshire managed and inhabited their land during the post-medieval period.
Findlayston,cairn,enclosure and field systems 500m ENE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4596. View the official record →
Findlayston is a post-medieval cairn, enclosure and field systems monument located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, situated 500 metres east-north-east of the settlement itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4596.
Findlayston,cairn,enclosure and field systems 500m ENE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a cairn,enclosure and field systems. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Findlayston,cairn,enclosure and field systems 500m ENE 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 SM4596.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead (1.5 km), Cowie Line, pill box & anti-tank blocks 450m W of Ury House (1.7 km), Cowie Line, pill boxes & anti-tank blocks 200m SW-275m SE of Ury House (2.2 km).
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Findlayston,cairn,enclosure and field systems 500m ENE of stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.