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Frostineb enclosure, 600 metres east of the settlement, is a post-medieval enclosure located in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument occupies land underlain by the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian sequence of sandstone and conglomerate beds interspersed with finer sediments. This durable bedrock, exposed across much of the surrounding landscape, would have provided both building stone and a stable foundation for the enclosure's construction.
Post-medieval enclosures of this type typically served agricultural purposes, demarcating areas for livestock management, field division or the protection of improved ground. The enclosure at Frostineb represents a phase of landscape reorganisation and intensified land use characteristic of early modern rural Scotland, when communities restructured their holdings to increase productivity and define property boundaries more formally than earlier medieval systems allowed.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM6294, recognising its archaeological importance and value in understanding the post-medieval development of Midlothian's farmed landscape. Its precise relationship to the adjacent settlement and its role within the broader agricultural economy of the area contribute to its significance as evidence of how rural communities managed and exploited the land during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Frostineb,enclosure 600m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6294. View the official record →
Frostineb enclosure, 600 metres east of the settlement, is a post-medieval enclosure located in Midlothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6294.
Frostineb,enclosure 600m E of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Frostineb,enclosure 600m E 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 SM6294.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Soutra Aisle, part of site of medieval hospital (3.2 km), Soutra Aisle, burial aisle and part of site of medieval hospital (3.3 km), Dere Street, Roman road, Soutra Aisle to Turf Law (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Frostineb,enclosure 600m E of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Frostineb,enclosure 600m E of stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.