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Overbigging Enclosure is a post-medieval field boundary or livestock enclosure located approximately 160 metres west of Overbigging in Orkney, Scotland. The monument dates to the post-medieval period and comprises a substantial earth and stone bank defining an enclosed area of agricultural land. Such enclosures are characteristic of the reorganisation and rationalisation of Orkney's landscape during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, reflecting changes in land management and pastoral farming practices. The site's survival as an archaeological feature provides evidence of the evolution of land use and settlement patterns in Orkney during this period of significant agricultural development.
Overbigging, enclosure 160m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9674. View the official record →
Overbigging Enclosure is a post-medieval field boundary or livestock enclosure located approximately 160 metres west of Overbigging in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9674.
Overbigging, enclosure 160m W of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Overbigging, enclosure 160m W 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 SM9674.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Little Barnhouse, mound, 160m NE of (2 km), Diamond Cottage,defended promontory N of (3.5 km), Knowe of Onston,or Unstan,chambered cairn (3.5 km).
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