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Moat, enclosure 300m NW of — is a post-medieval earthwork situated in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a defended enclosure constructed on bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke stone laid down during the Telychian period of the Silurian. This geological setting is characteristic of the Southern Uplands landscape in which it stands.
Post-medieval enclosures of this type served various functions across lowland Scotland, from defensive structures to agricultural or administrative centres. The moat formation suggests a concern with fortification during a period when local lords sought to consolidate and protect their territorial interests, though the specific historical context of this particular site remains embedded in its earthwork form.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4955 and represents an important record of settlement and land use patterns in the post-medieval period. The survival of the earthwork on the Gala Group bedrock provides archaeological evidence of how communities exploited the physical landscape when establishing their strongholds and enclosed territories in this region of the Scottish Borders.
Moat,enclosure 300m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4955. View the official record →
Moat, enclosure 300m NW of — is a post-medieval earthwork situated in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4955.
Moat,enclosure 300m 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.
Moat,enclosure 300m 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 SM4955.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Springfieldhill, fort (1.6 km), Kilroy,enclosures E and NE of (3.3 km), Ellisland,Roman camps (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Moat,enclosure 300m 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.
Moat,enclosure 300m NW of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.