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Kilm Cottage palisaded enclosure is a Post-Medieval defensive structure located approximately 555 metres south of Kilm Cottage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a palisaded enclosure, a fortification type that employed wooden stakes or pales driven into the ground to form a protective barrier, typical of settlements and administrative centres during the Post-Medieval period. Such enclosures served defensive, administrative, or residential functions and reflect the settlement patterns and security concerns of early modern rural Scotland. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland record under the designation SM12463.
Kilm Cottage, palisaded enclosure 555m S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12463. View the official record →
Kilm Cottage palisaded enclosure is a Post-Medieval defensive structure located approximately 555 metres south of Kilm Cottage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12463.
Kilm Cottage, palisaded enclosure 555m S of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a palisaded enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Kilm Cottage, palisaded enclosure 555m S 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 SM12463.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Little Clinterty, standing stone 20m E of (4.1 km), South Leylodge Steading, stone circle 110m W of (5.3 km), South Fornet, stone circle 250m NW of (5.7 km).
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