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Lochlait is a post-medieval settlement and field system located 400 metres north of Lochlait in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of domestic buildings and associated agricultural land-use patterns typical of Highland settlement from the sixteenth century onwards. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM4608.
The settlement sits on bedrock of the Glenfinnan Group, a Neoproterozoic sequence of metamorphosed sandstone and mudstone that underlies much of the northern Highlands. This geology, exposed and often thin-soiled, shaped both the location and character of post-medieval settlement in the area, with communities establishing themselves in positions offering shelter and access to grazing land and arable soils where available.
The field systems surrounding the settlement provide evidence of the agricultural practices sustained in this landscape. Such monuments preserve the physical record of how Highland communities organised their land and structured their settlements during the early modern period, before the major changes brought by clearance and agricultural improvement in later centuries. The site contributes to understanding the domestic and economic life of post-medieval rural Inverness-shire.
Lochlait,settlement & field systems 400m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4608. View the official record →
Lochlait is a post-medieval settlement and field system located 400 metres north of Lochlait in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4608.
Lochlait,settlement & field systems 400m N of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement & field systems. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lochlait,settlement & field systems 400m N 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 SM4608.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garbeg Cottage, burial mounds 920m NNE of (5.5 km), Upper Drumbuie, burnt mound 230m NNE of (5.8 km), Culnakirk Burn, burnt mounds 540m NNW of Garbeg Cottage (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lochlait,settlement & field systems 400m N 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.
Lochlait,settlement & field systems 400m N of stands on Glenfinnan Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and pelite.