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Kingswells consumption dykes are a pair of linear earthworks located north of Home Farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. These dykes represent field boundaries or cattle control features typical of post-medieval agricultural management, constructed to contain livestock and manage the movement of animals across the landscape. The two dykes, positioned approximately 415 metres north and 685 metres north-north-east of Home Farm respectively, survive as substantial earthen banks that reflect the practical organisation of rural land use in the early modern period. Such consumption dykes are characteristic features of the Aberdeenshire landscape and provide archaeological evidence for the development and intensification of pastoral farming practices in the region during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Kingswells, consumption dykes 415m N and 685m NNE of Home Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM108. View the official record →
Kingswells consumption dykes are a pair of linear earthworks located north of Home Farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM108.
Kingswells, consumption dykes 415m N and 685m NNE of Home Farm 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 SM108.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Binghill House, stone circle & cairn 200m WSW of (4.5 km), Bieldside, cairn, Cults (4.7 km), Maryculter House, church & burial ground 65m NNE of (7 km).
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