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Mayfield, enclosure 780m north-north-west of Mayfield is a post-medieval enclosure located in Berwickshire, south-east Scotland. The monument lies upon bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke that was laid down during the Telychian period of the Silurian geological epoch. This hard, competent rock would have provided a stable foundation for construction, though its resistance to weathering means it likely required considerable labour to work.
The enclosure represents the field management and land organisation practices of the early modern period in the Scottish Borders. Such field boundaries typically served to contain livestock or demarcate arable land, reflecting the intensifying agricultural use of the landscape during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The precise form and extent of the surviving earthworks are characteristic of the region's farming heritage during this transformative era.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference number SM5227, recognising its importance to understanding post-medieval rural settlement and agricultural practice in Berwickshire. The enclosure survives as a notable example of the field systems that still structure the modern landscape of the Scottish Borders.
Mayfield, enclosure 780m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5227. View the official record →
Mayfield, enclosure 780m north-north-west of Mayfield is a post-medieval enclosure located in Berwickshire, south-east Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5227.
Mayfield, enclosure 780m NNW 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.
Mayfield, enclosure 780m NNW 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 SM5227.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bonkyl and Preston parish church, church 10m S of (2.9 km), Bunkle Castle (3.1 km), Auchencrow Mains,enclosure and ditches 1000m SSE of (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Mayfield, enclosure 780m NNW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Mayfield, enclosure 780m NNW of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.