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Munteoch is a post-medieval settlement and field systems located in Ayrshire, Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Lanark Group, a formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate dating to the Early Devonian period, which would have provided both building stone and shaped the landscape available for cultivation.
The settlement comprises the remains of domestic structures alongside extensive field systems, typical of rural Scottish occupation during the post-medieval centuries when population expansion and agricultural improvement reshaped the countryside. The fields preserve evidence of the labour-intensive strip cultivation and enclosure patterns that characterised farming communities of this era, their layout reflecting both the practical demands of working marginal upland terrain and the social organisation of the settlement itself.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled ancient monument under reference SM5200, recognising its significance as physical testimony to rural life and settlement patterns in early modern Ayrshire. The survival of both structural remains and field boundaries makes Munteoch a valuable archaeological record of how communities adapted to and exploited the local geology and landscape during several centuries of occupation.
Munteoch, settlement and field systems is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5200. View the official record →
Munteoch is a post-medieval settlement and field systems located in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5200.
Munteoch, settlement and field systems dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement and field systems. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Munteoch, settlement and field systems 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 SM5200.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knockdon, enclosure 700m NE of (2.4 km), Dalnean Hill, farmstead and field system (3.1 km), Bogton Loch airfield, 175m SSE of Buchan's Bridge, Dalmellington (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Munteoch, settlement and field systems'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.
Munteoch, settlement and field systems stands on Lanark Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.