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Meadowflatt enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated on the rolling landscape of Lanarkshire, approximately 900 metres north-west of the settlement it adjoins. The monument lies upon bedrock of Silurian age, where mudstone, siltstone and sandstone of the undifferentiated series have weathered to form the underlying geology of this upland region. This ancient foundation provided the solid base upon which later agricultural communities would establish their activities.
The enclosure represents the farming settlement patterns of the post-medieval period, when tenant farmers and landowners sought to contain livestock and organize their landholdings through the construction of field boundaries and stock pens. Such enclosures are characteristic features of the Scottish rural landscape from the sixteenth century onwards, reflecting both practical necessity and evolving concepts of land management and property definition.
Meadowflatt enclosure is now protected under the Historic Environment Scotland scheduling system, reference SM4068, recognizing its significance as evidence of the agricultural history and land-use practices of post-medieval Lanarkshire. The earthwork survives as a testament to the organization of rural life during this formative period in Scottish estate management and farming practice.
Meadowflatt,enclosure 900m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4068. View the official record →
Meadowflatt enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated on the rolling landscape of Lanarkshire, approximately 900 metres north-west of the settlement it adjoins. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4068.
Meadowflatt,enclosure 900m NW 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.
Meadowflatt,enclosure 900m NW 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 SM4068.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thankerton,fort 1500m SW of (3.7 km), Quothquan Law, fort (3.7 km), Park Knowe,enclosure 1500m SSW of Thankerton (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Meadowflatt,enclosure 900m NW 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.
Meadowflatt,enclosure 900m NW of stands on Silurian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.