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Mye Plantation Pitfall is a hunting trap located in Wigtownshire, southwestern Scotland. The monument consists of a concealed pit dug into the Stewartry Group bedrock that underlies this part of Dumfries and Galloway. These sandstones, breccias and conglomerates formed during the Early Permian period, providing the geological foundation for the pit's construction.
Pitfalls of this type were designed to capture large game, particularly red deer and wild boar, by forcing animals to fall into a concealed depression from which escape was difficult or impossible. The hunter could then dispatch the trapped creature from above. Such traps were commonly employed across medieval and early modern Scotland as part of estate management and subsistence hunting practices.
The pitfall at Mye Plantation is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference number SM2485, reflecting its significance as evidence of past hunting methods and land use. The monument survives in the landscape as a physical reminder of traditional game-management practices that were integral to rural life in early modern Wigtownshire.
Mye Plantation,pitfall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2485. View the official record →
Mye Plantation Pitfall is a hunting trap located in Wigtownshire, southwestern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2485.
Mye Plantation,pitfall 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 SM2485.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Palisaded settlement, 130m SE of Lake Cottage (4.5 km), South Cairnweil,standing stone 180m ESE of (4.9 km), Kirkmadrine, site of Kirkmadrine Church (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Mye Plantation,pitfall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Mye Plantation,pitfall stands on Stewartry Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is sandstone, breccia and conglomerate.