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Mould Bridge enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork located in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 400 metres west-north-west of Mould Bridge. The monument comprises an enclosed area defined by surviving banks and ditches, characteristic of the agricultural improvements and land management practices that transformed the Scottish lowlands from the 16th century onwards. Such enclosures typically served to contain livestock, define property boundaries, or establish field systems during the period of active agrarian reorganisation.
The site rests upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, Late Devonian in age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate. This geology would have supported the grazing land valuable to the rural economy of post-medieval East Lothian. The local stone resources also provided material for the construction and maintenance of the enclosure's earthwork features, a practical consideration in monument building during this period.
The enclosure is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6046, recognising its significance in the material record of post-medieval rural settlement and land use. Despite modern agricultural practices and landscape change, the surviving earthwork remains an important archaeological record of Scotland's transformation during the early modern period.
Mould Bridge,enclosure 400m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6046. View the official record →
Mould Bridge enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork located in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 400 metres west-north-west of Mould Bridge. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6046.
Mould Bridge,enclosure 400m WNW 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.
Mould Bridge,enclosure 400m WNW 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 SM6046.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Park,fort 900m SSE of (6.3 km), Quarryford House,enclosures,souterrain and pit alignment SW of (6.7 km), Longyester,palisaded enclosures and pit alignments 600m SE of (7.1 km).
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Mould Bridge,enclosure 400m WNW of stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.