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Kilroy Enclosures E and NE is a post-medieval monument situated in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland. The site comprises two separate enclosures positioned to the east and north-east of Kilroy, their precise layout and construction reflecting the agricultural practices of the period following the medieval era. The enclosures exploit the local bedrock geology of the Stewartry Group, formed during the Early Permian period, which consists of sandstone, breccia and conglomerate suitable for the extraction of building stone.
Post-medieval enclosures across southern Scotland typically served multiple functions: establishing field boundaries for improved livestock management, defining property ownership, and facilitating more intensive cultivation practices. The choice of location at Kilroy, situated on Stewartry Group geology, would have provided ready access to materials for constructing the boundary walls or fences that characterised such improvements.
The monument remains an important record of the landscape changes that transformed rural Dumfriesshire during the post-medieval centuries. Such enclosures demonstrate the progressive reorganisation of land use that distinguished early modern Scottish estates from their medieval predecessors, reflecting evolving economic priorities and agricultural technology across the region.
Kilroy,enclosures E and NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6111. View the official record →
Kilroy Enclosures E and NE is a post-medieval monument situated in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6111.
Kilroy,enclosures E and NE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures e and. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kilroy,enclosures E and NE 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 SM6111.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bankfoot,Roman camps & forts,Dalswinton (1.7 km), Burnside of Baltersan,ring ditch,pits and Roman camp 700m S of (3.5 km), Hall Hill,fort (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kilroy,enclosures E and NE 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.
Kilroy,enclosures E and NE of stands on Stewartry Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is sandstone, breccia and conglomerate.