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Munteoch is a post-medieval settlement and associated field systems located in Ayrshire, Scotland. The site represents the agricultural organisation and settlement patterns typical of rural Ayrshire during the early modern period, with evidence of both domestic structures and the surrounding cultivated landscape. The field systems demonstrate the organisation of land use characteristic of post-medieval agricultural communities in southwest Scotland. The settlement's layout and associated features provide archaeological evidence of the transition in rural settlement patterns and farming practices during this later historical period.
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 associated 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 Britain.
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).
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