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Millhaugh Enclosure and Pit Alignment is a post-medieval monument situated in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 300 metres east of the settlement at Millhaugh. The site comprises two distinct archaeological features: a defined enclosure and an associated pit alignment, reflecting land division and management practices of the early modern period. These earthworks survive as legible landscape features in what is now open countryside.
The monument lies upon bedrock of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, Pragian in age, comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This geology has influenced both the physical construction of the enclosure and its preservation, with the varied rock types affecting drainage and soil formation across the site.
The enclosure and pit alignment are protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM5776, reflecting their importance to understanding post-medieval rural settlement, agricultural organisation and land use in Perthshire. Pit alignments of this period commonly served as property or field boundaries, whilst enclosures typically indicate corrals, stock management areas or defended domestic space associated with farmsteads of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Millhaugh,enclosure and pit alignment 300m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5776. View the official record →
Millhaugh Enclosure and Pit Alignment is a post-medieval monument situated in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 300 metres east of the settlement at Millhaugh. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5776.
Millhaugh,enclosure and pit alignment 300m E of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure and pit alignment. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Millhaugh,enclosure and pit alignment 300m E 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 SM5776.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rossie Law,fort (2.2 km), Gray Stone,standing stone,250m NNE of Knowes (2.5 km), Castle Craig, fort SSW of Pairney (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Millhaugh,enclosure and pit alignment 300m E of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Millhaugh,enclosure and pit alignment 300m E of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.