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Kirk Hill enclosure is a post-medieval enclosure situated in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The monument occupies land underlain by Dinantian extrusive rocks of Mississippian age, a geological foundation of mafic lava and tuff that would have shaped the terrain and drainage patterns available to its builders. The enclosure represents a phase of agricultural or pastoral management dating to the period following the medieval era, when improved field systems and stock control became increasingly formalised across the Scottish Borders.
The monument survives as an earthwork within the landscape, its form and extent defined by the ground conditions characteristic of the region. Post-medieval enclosures of this type typically functioned to organise land use, regulate livestock movement, or demarcate property boundaries during a period of significant change in rural settlement and land management practices across southern Scotland.
Kirk Hill enclosure is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland, registered under reference SM2149. This protection recognises its historical importance as evidence of agricultural practice and land organisation in the post-medieval period within the distinctive landscape of the Scottish Borders.
Kirk Hill,enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2149. View the official record →
Kirk Hill enclosure is a post-medieval enclosure situated in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2149.
Kirk Hill,enclosure 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.
Kirk Hill,enclosure 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 SM2149.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ettleton Cemetery, tombstones (1 km), Carby Hill,settlement (3.4 km), Whisgills, long cairn and standing stones 2230m W of (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kirk Hill,enclosure'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.
Kirk Hill,enclosure stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.