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Mains of Kelly, enclosures 450m WNW of is a post-medieval field system located in Angus, Scotland. The enclosures date from the post-medieval period and represent the agricultural reorganisation of the landscape typical of early modern Scottish farming practice. The site comprises field boundaries and associated structures characteristic of enclosed arable or pastoral land management during this era. Such enclosures reflect the gradual transition from open field systems towards more intensively managed individual holdings that characterised rural development in lowland Scotland from the sixteenth century onwards.
Mains of Kelly, enclosures 450m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6620. View the official record →
Mains of Kelly, enclosures 450m WNW of is a post-medieval field system located in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6620.
Mains of Kelly, enclosures 450m WNW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Mains of Kelly, enclosures 450m 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 SM6620.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Unenclosed settlement and long barrow, 320m SSW of Nether Kelly (1.4 km), Hatton Farm, unenclosed settlement 300m NW of (1.9 km), Unenclosed settlement and sunken floored building 515m S of West Scryne (3.2 km).
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