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Melgum Lodge is a post-medieval enclosure complex located 250 metres east-south-east of Melgum Lodge in Aberdeenshire. The site comprises a series of field divisions and stock management structures typical of early modern agricultural practice in this part of north-east Scotland. The enclosures represent the organisation of land use during the period following the medieval era, when farming communities intensified their control of pastoral and arable ground through stone and turf boundaries.
The monument sits upon bedrock of Silurian mafic igneous origin, a hard, dark rock formed during the Ordovician to Silurian geological periods. This ancient volcanic foundation underlies the thin soils characteristic of upland Aberdeenshire, which would have influenced both the construction methods available to the builders and the practical demands of managing livestock across challenging terrain.
The site is designated as a scheduled monument under the protection of Historic Environment Scotland, reference SM31. The enclosures preserve evidence of how farming communities in this region adapted their settlement patterns and field systems during the post-medieval period, contributing to understanding of rural land use evolution across the Scottish Highlands and their margins.
Melgum Lodge, enclosures 250m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM31. View the official record →
Melgum Lodge is a post-medieval enclosure complex located 250 metres east-south-east of Melgum Lodge in Aberdeenshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM31.
Melgum Lodge, enclosures 250m ESE 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.
Melgum Lodge, enclosures 250m ESE 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 SM31.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knockargety Wood, unfinished hillfort 200m to 370m N of Upper Ruthven (2.8 km), Ferny Howe, cairn 200m ESE of (3 km), North Gellan,settlement and field system 350m N of (3.4 km).
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Melgum Lodge, enclosures 250m ESE of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.