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Ironshill, settlement and enclosures is a post-medieval settlement located in Angus, Scotland, situated 80 metres west-south-west of a reference point. The site represents the agricultural and domestic organisation of a rural community from the period following the medieval era. The settlement comprises a cluster of enclosures typical of the planned farmsteads and field systems that developed across lowland Scotland during this period of agrarian restructuring and consolidation.
The monument occupies bedrock formed from the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation of the Pragian period comprising sandstone interspersed with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This geologically varied substrate would have supported mixed farming practices common to the region, with the sandstone and conglomerate deposits influencing drainage patterns and soil characteristics that shaped land use and settlement placement across the landscape.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland and is registered under reference SM5980. This statutory protection recognises the archaeological and historical significance of the settlement as evidence of post-medieval rural settlement patterns and agrarian economy in Angus.
Ironshill, settlement and enclosures 80m WSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5980. View the official record →
Ironshill, settlement and enclosures is a post-medieval settlement located in Angus, Scotland, situated 80 metres west-south-west of a reference point.
Ironshill, settlement and enclosures 80m WSW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement and enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ironshill, settlement and enclosures 80m WSW 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 SM5980.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prail Castle,fort (4.4 km), West Mains of Ethie,fort 250m S of (4.6 km), Templeton, enclosure 340m ENE of (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ironshill, settlement and enclosures 80m WSW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Ironshill, settlement and enclosures 80m WSW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.