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Friock Mains is a pit alignment situated on the rolling farmland of Angus in north-east Scotland. Pit alignments are linear arrangements of regularly-spaced pits, typically dating to the Iron Age, and are thought to have served as territorial boundaries, stock barriers or defensive features. At Friock Mains, the pits extend in a marked line across the landscape, following the contours of the Sidlaws ridge country that characterises this region.
The monument lies on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Pragian sandstones interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. These naturally-occurring strata would have determined both the ease of pit construction and the character of the upcast material from the excavations. The sandy soils resulting from weathering of this bedrock are typical of Angus, and the underlying geology has shaped settlement patterns and field systems across the county for millennia.
The pit alignment at Friock Mains is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6092. The arrangement of pits remains visible as surface earthworks, providing evidence of Iron Age land division and social organisation in the north-east. Such monuments are rare surviving features that mark patterns of activity and resource management in prehistoric and proto-historic Scotland.
Friock Mains, pit alignment 270m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6092. View the official record →
Friock Mains is a pit alignment situated on the rolling farmland of Angus in north-east Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6092.
Friock Mains, pit alignment 270m WNW 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 SM6092.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 300m WNW of (3.4 km), Newton of Boysack, unenclosed settlement 410m SE of (3.5 km), Dumbarrow Hill, dun 230m ENE of Hillkirk (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Friock Mains, pit alignment 270m WNW 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.
Friock Mains, pit alignment 270m WNW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.