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Gamelshiel is a post-medieval settlement and field system located in East Lothian, Scotland, situated 950 metres east-south-east of a reference point now lost to time. The site occupies ground underlain by Gala Group wacke, a hard sandstone-type rock formed during the Telychian period of the Silurian, which would have provided a firm foundation for construction and stubborn resistance to cultivation. This geology is typical of the Southern Uplands belt that characterises the eastern borders of Scotland.
The settlement comprises the physical remains of buildings and associated features, set within a landscape structured by the ridge-and-furrow patterns of post-medieval agriculture. Such field systems, created through repeated ploughing and spade-work over generations, are characteristic of the period from the sixteenth century onwards, when improved farming practices and population pressure encouraged more intensive land use across the Scottish lowlands and upland margins.
The monument is protected under Historic Environment Scotland's scheduling system, registered as SM8769. This protection recognises its significance as evidence of rural settlement and subsistence farming practices in early modern East Lothian, providing material testament to the lives of ordinary people during a transformative period in Scottish agricultural history.
Gamelshiel, settlement & field system 950m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8769. View the official record →
Gamelshiel is a post-medieval settlement and field system located in East Lothian, Scotland, situated 950 metres east-south-east of a reference point now lost to time.
Gamelshiel, settlement & field system 950m ESE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement & field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Gamelshiel, settlement & field system 950m ESE 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 SM8769.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mainslaughter Law,cairn (3.3 km), Fort, 690m SW of the summit of Wrunk Law (5.2 km), Mutiny Stones,long cairn 1100m NNW of Byrecleugh (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Gamelshiel, settlement & field system 950m ESE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Gamelshiel, settlement & field system 950m ESE of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.