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Glensaugh is a post-medieval farmstead and field system located 900 metres north-west of Kincardineshire in Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, formed during the Middle Cambrian period, comprising psammite and pelite deposits that shape the underlying geology of this upland region. The combination of stone-based field boundaries and farmstead remains reflects the agricultural practices and settlement patterns typical of rural northeast Scotland during the post-medieval period, when such enclosed field systems became increasingly common as land management intensified.
The farmstead represents the substantial investment required to establish productive farming in this landscape, with field systems arranged to maximise arable and pastoral use across the terrain. The surviving earthworks and structural remains provide evidence of how communities adapted to the local environment and its geological constraints. The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM4842, ensuring preservation of this important record of rural settlement and land use in the Scottish Highlands during the centuries following the medieval period.
Glensaugh,farmstead and field system 900m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4842. View the official record →
Glensaugh is a post-medieval farmstead and field system located 900 metres north-west of Kincardineshire in Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4842.
Glensaugh,farmstead and field system 900m NW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Glensaugh,farmstead and field system 900m 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 SM4842.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn o'Mount, cairns (2.3 km), Kincardine Deer Dyke and settlements N of Burn of Garrol (2.4 km), Arnbarrow,farmstead and field system 900m NW of (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Glensaugh,farmstead and field system 900m 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.
Glensaugh,farmstead and field system 900m NW of stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.