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Oldhamstocks Mains is a post-medieval enclosure situated on the open landscape of East Lothian, some 300 metres north-north-west of the farm settlement it served. The monument lies upon bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, a sequence of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone formed during the Osagean period of the Carboniferous. These locally available stone resources would have provided ready material for the construction of the enclosure walls that define this agricultural holding.
Post-medieval enclosures such as this represent the reorganisation of Scottish rural settlement and land use from the sixteenth century onwards, as improved farming practices and changing property arrangements reshaped the countryside. This example survives as a distinctive pattern of stone walls marking field boundaries and stock containment within the rolling terrain of the Lothians. The positioning away from the main settlement suggests its function as a dedicated pastoral or arable enclosure, supporting the productive economy of Oldhamstocks Mains farm.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under the designation SM5891, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval agricultural development in East Lothian. The survival of such field monuments on the Scottish lowlands provides important information about farming organisation, land tenure and rural settlement patterns during this formative period of the modern Scottish landscape.
Oldhamstocks Mains,enclosure 300m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5891. View the official record →
Oldhamstocks Mains is a post-medieval enclosure situated on the open landscape of East Lothian, some 300 metres north-north-west of the farm settlement it served. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5891.
Oldhamstocks Mains,enclosure 300m NNW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Oldhamstocks Mains,enclosure 300m NNW 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 SM5891.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Black Castle Cottage,promontory fort 300m SW of (0.8 km), Springfield,enclosure 300m NNE of (1.1 km), Springfield,palisaded enclosure and ring ditch 200m E of (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Oldhamstocks Mains,enclosure 300m NNW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Oldhamstocks Mains,enclosure 300m NNW of stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.