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Glenton Hill is a post-medieval house, enclosure and field system situated in Kincardineshire. The monument comprises the remains of a residential property and its associated agricultural infrastructure, typical of rural settlement patterns in the Scottish lowlands during the early modern period. The site occupies bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, composed of psammite and pelite formed during the Middle Cambrian, which would have influenced both the building practices and the drainage characteristics of the surrounding fields.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4873, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of post-medieval rural land management and domestic life. The combination of house platform, enclosure walls and field boundaries provides insight into the organisation of farming communities in this region. The psammitic bedrock, relatively resistant to erosion, would have been utilised in the construction of the field enclosures and building foundations.
The field system demonstrates the subdivision and management of arable and pasture land typical of Kincardineshire's agricultural landscape during the post-medieval period. Surviving earthworks and structural remains preserve information about settlement hierarchy, resource allocation and the relationship between domestic space and productive land within the local farming economy.
Glenton Hill,house,enclosure and field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4873. View the official record →
Glenton Hill is a post-medieval house, enclosure and field system situated in Kincardineshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4873.
Glenton Hill,house,enclosure and field system dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a house,enclosure and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Glenton Hill,house,enclosure and field system 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 SM4873.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cheynehill Wood,enclosures & field ststems 750m N of Hillhead (1.4 km), Cowie Line, pill box & anti-tank blocks ESE of Rickarton House (1.7 km), Cowie Line, pillboxes & anti-tank blocks NE of Whitehill (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Glenton Hill,house,enclosure and field system'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.
Glenton Hill,house,enclosure and field system stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.