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Pearsby Hill is a post-medieval enclosure and settlement located approximately 1250 metres east of Craighousesteads in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site comprises the physical remains of agricultural enclosures and associated settlement features that date to the post-medieval period, reflecting the rural land use and settlement patterns of early modern Scotland. The enclosures represent the systematic organisation of land for pastoral or agricultural purposes typical of the period following the medieval era, when such organised field systems became increasingly common in the Scottish lowlands and upland margins.
Pearsby Hill, enclosures and settlement 1250m E of Craighousesteads is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12674. View the official record →
Pearsby Hill is a post-medieval enclosure and settlement located approximately 1250 metres east of Craighousesteads in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12674.
Pearsby Hill, enclosures and settlement 1250m E of Craighousesteads dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures and settlement 1250m e of craighousesteads. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pearsby Hill, enclosures and settlement 1250m E of Craighousesteads 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 SM12674.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newhall Hill,enclosures (1.8 km), Kirtlehead, ring ditch house 1150m N of (3.1 km), Doe's Hill, settlement 915m N of Kirtlehead (3.2 km).
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