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Lawhouses enclosures, situated 650 metres south-east of the settlement from which it takes its name, is a post-medieval monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland. The site occupies land underlain by the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a Pragian-aged formation of sandstone interbedded with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone that provides the solid geology of this part of Fife. This underlying bedrock, exposed naturally or quarried locally, would have been available to the builders of the enclosures.
The monument comprises field enclosures dating from the post-medieval period, a time when Scottish rural settlement and land division underwent significant reorganisation. Such enclosures typically represent changes in agricultural practice, land tenure and the consolidation of holdings within the landscape. Their survival into the present day, marked and mapped as a protected monument, demonstrates their historical significance to understanding the development of the Fife countryside.
The site's location in the broader Lawhouses area provides context for interpreting these structures as part of a wider settlement pattern. The designation under Historic Environment Scotland's scheduling system reflects their importance as evidence of rural post-medieval occupation and land use practices in this region of east-central Scotland.
Lawhouses, enclosures 650m SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7100. View the official record →
Lawhouses enclosures, situated 650 metres south-east of the settlement from which it takes its name, is a post-medieval monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7100.
Lawhouses, enclosures 650m SE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lawhouses, enclosures 650m SE 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 SM7100.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Leuchars Castle, unenclosed settlement 320m NNE of (3.7 km), Leuchars Castle, settlement 200m and 400m W of and 240m WNW of (4.1 km), Leuchars Castle, motte and associated remains (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lawhouses, enclosures 650m SE 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.
Lawhouses, enclosures 650m SE of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.