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Kinnaird Castle enclosure is a post-medieval defensive work situated approximately 300 metres west-north-west of Kinnaird Castle in Angus, Scotland. The monument comprises an earthwork enclosure that represents the defensive architecture of the period following the medieval era, when fortified compounds continued to serve important administrative and protective functions across the Scottish landscape. As a scheduled monument under the protection of Historic Environment Scotland, it forms part of the recorded heritage of the region.
The enclosure lies upon bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Pragian period of the early Devonian. These deposits comprise predominantly reddish-brown sandstone interbedded with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, typical of the lowland geological character of Angus. This solid foundation would have provided a stable base for the construction and maintenance of the earthwork defences that characterise the site.
The monument's proximity to Kinnaird Castle itself situates it within a landscape of established aristocratic power and settlement. Post-medieval enclosures of this type frequently served as auxiliary defensive features, livestock pens, or territorial markers associated with larger castle estates. The survival of this earthwork contributes to understanding the organisation of fortified estates during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in eastern Scotland.
Kinnaird Castle,enclosure 300m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6398. View the official record →
Kinnaird Castle enclosure is a post-medieval defensive work situated approximately 300 metres west-north-west of Kinnaird Castle in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6398.
Kinnaird Castle,enclosure 300m WNW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kinnaird Castle,enclosure 300m WNW 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 SM6398.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Douglasmuir, roundhouse, enclosure and pits 560m NNW of (8.3 km), Boysack, enclosures and unenclosed settlement 230m SW and 280m SSE of (8.5 km), Chapelton,settlement 750m NW of (8.9 km).
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Kinnaird Castle,enclosure 300m WNW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.