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Pitskelly is a post-medieval enclosure and settlement situated 605 metres east-south-east of its named reference point in Angus, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Pragian sandstone interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, geology that has shaped both the landscape and the building stone available to its occupants. The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM6608.
Post-medieval settlements of this type across Angus typically comprised farmsteads with associated field systems, reflecting the agricultural reorganisation of the Scottish countryside between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The enclosure at Pitskelly would have served to define land ownership and manage livestock, whilst the settlement itself represents the permanent habitation of a rural farming family or community during this period.
The sandstone bedrock beneath Pitskelly would have provided ready material for building and walling, common practice in post-medieval rural construction across Angus. The monument's survival and protection under statute recognition reflects its archaeological importance in understanding the pattern of rural settlement and land use in this part of eastern Scotland during the early modern period.
Pitskelly, enclosure and settlement 605m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6608. View the official record →
Pitskelly is a post-medieval enclosure and settlement situated 605 metres east-south-east of its named reference point in Angus, Scotland.
Pitskelly, enclosure and settlement 605m ESE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure and settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pitskelly, enclosure and settlement 605m ESE 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 SM6608.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greenlawhill, unenclosed settlement (1 km), Unenclosed settlements and round barrow 112m ESE of Ravensby Coach House (1.1 km), Ravensby House, ring ditch 100m SE of (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Pitskelly, enclosure and settlement 605m ESE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Pitskelly, enclosure and settlement 605m ESE of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.