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Middleton Fossoway is a post-medieval enclosure located 400 metres south-south-east of Middleton Fossoway in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7628. Post-medieval enclosures of this type typically date from the sixteenth century onwards and represent the organisation of agricultural land during a period of significant change in farming practices and land management across Scotland.
The enclosure sits upon Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and mafic tuff that formed during the Devonian period. This geology, characteristic of Perthshire's ancient volcanic landscape, would have influenced the quality and workability of the soils immediately above the bedrock. Such geological conditions shaped the agricultural potential of the surrounding land and the practical decisions made by those who constructed and maintained the enclosure.
The monument survives as a physical record of early modern rural land use in Perthshire. Its precise form and dimensions, now preserved through scheduled monument protection, contribute to the broader understanding of how communities in central Scotland organised their farming activities during the post-medieval period, adapting their practices to the particular landscape and resources available to them.
Middleton Fossoway, enclosure 400m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7628. View the official record →
Middleton Fossoway is a post-medieval enclosure located 400 metres south-south-east of Middleton Fossoway in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7628.
Middleton Fossoway, enclosure 400m SSE 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.
Middleton Fossoway, enclosure 400m SSE 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 SM7628.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Claysike, enclosures 300m W of (0.5 km), Tullibole, church and burial ground (2.8 km), Carleith,cairn W of Carden (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Middleton Fossoway, enclosure 400m SSE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Middleton Fossoway, enclosure 400m SSE of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.