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Newbarns is a post-medieval enclosure and ring ditch located in Angus, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site comprises two distinct archaeological features: an enclosure of post-medieval date and an associated ring ditch, positioned approximately 345 metres south-south-west of Newbarns itself. The monument occupies ground underlain by the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, a Pragian sandstone bedrock interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone deposits typical of this lowland Angus landscape.
The ring ditch represents a common earthwork form in the Scottish landscape, though its precise chronological relationship to the post-medieval enclosure requires closer examination. Such circular or oval ditched features can relate to various periods of settlement activity, from prehistory through to early modern times, and serve functions ranging from domestic to agricultural demarcation.
The post-medieval enclosure indicates sustained land use and management during the early modern period, when improved agricultural practices encouraged the formalisation of field boundaries and working areas. The survival of both features as visible earthworks reflects the site's location away from intensive modern development, preserving its archaeological potential within the wider Angus heritage landscape.
Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5917. View the official record →
Newbarns is a post-medieval enclosure and ring ditch located in Angus, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5917.
Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure and ring ditch. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW 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 SM5917.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Raesmill Burn, unenclosed settlement 300m ESE of Anniston Mill (0.4 km), St Murdoch's Chapel, church and burial ground (2.3 km), Ethie Mains,fort 750m SE of (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.