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Glenkevock Enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated 400 metres north-west of Glenkevock in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument comprises an enclosure whose banks and ditches remain visible in the landscape, marking the boundaries of a small-scale settlement or farming unit from the period following the Middle Ages. The site lies on bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, Westphalian sedimentary rocks that underlie much of this part of Scotland, which would have influenced the ground conditions and the positioning of the enclosure walls.
Post-medieval enclosures of this type typically represent the settlement consolidation and agricultural reorganisation that occurred across lowland Scotland from the sixteenth century onwards. Such enclosures often protected domestic buildings, stock and cultivated land within defined boundaries, reflecting the growing investment in individual holdings and improved farming practices. The earthworks at Glenkevock preserve evidence of this period of landscape change, when scattered habitations became more formalised and permanent.
The enclosure is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM6263, recognising its value for understanding post-medieval rural settlement patterns and land use in Midlothian. The surviving earthworks contribute to the archaeological record of early modern Scottish farming and territorial organisation in the central Lowlands.
Glenkevock,enclosure 400m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6263. View the official record →
Glenkevock Enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated 400 metres north-west of Glenkevock in Midlothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6263.
Glenkevock,enclosure 400m NW 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.
Glenkevock,enclosure 400m NW 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 SM6263.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Capielaw, enclosed settlement (4.1 km), Newbigging,enclosure 400m NE of (5.1 km), Old Woodhouselee Castle (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Glenkevock,enclosure 400m NW 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.
Glenkevock,enclosure 400m NW of stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.