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Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches and enclosures is a post-medieval complex of earthworks located 290 metres north-north-east of Newbarns in Angus, Scotland. The site comprises multiple ditched features and enclosures typical of early modern agricultural and possibly domestic organisation, preserved as subsurface and surface remains within the landscape. These earthworks represent the material imprint of settlement and land division practices from the sixteenth century onwards.
The monument lies upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, Late Devonian sandstone and conglomerate beds interbedded with other sedimentary deposits. This geology has influenced both the feasibility of excavating the ditches and the survival of the earthwork features across the intervening centuries. The underlying solid geology provides the foundation for understanding how the post-medieval inhabitants worked and divided the land at this location.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM5913, recognising its importance as evidence for post-medieval settlement and agricultural practice in Angus. The ring ditches and enclosures form part of the broader record of how communities in the Scottish lowlands organised their buildings, boundaries and working land during the early modern period.
Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches & enclosures 290m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5913. View the official record →
Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches and enclosures is a post-medieval complex of earthworks located 290 metres north-north-east of Newbarns in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5913.
Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches & enclosures 290m NNE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a ditches, ring ditches & enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches & enclosures 290m NNE 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 SM5913.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Raesmill Burn, unenclosed settlement 300m ESE of Anniston Mill (1 km), St Murdoch's Chapel, church and burial ground (2.4 km), Ethie Mains,fort 750m SE of (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches & enclosures 290m NNE 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.
Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches & enclosures 290m NNE of stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.