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Raggiewhate is a post-medieval enclosure located in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland, situated approximately 210 metres east-south-east of a reference point now lost to record. The monument stands on bedrock of the Hawick Group, a formation of sedimentary wacke stone deposited during the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period, some 428 million years ago. This geology would have provided local building material for the enclosure's construction and reflects the ancient foundation upon which this more recent landscape feature rests.
The enclosure dates to the period following the medieval era, when rural land management and stock containment became increasingly formalised across lowland Scotland. Such structures typically served practical agricultural purposes, defining boundaries and controlling livestock movement across pastoral or cultivated land. The precise original dimensions and construction method of Raggiewhate remain undocumented in surviving records, though its survival to the present day suggests substantial stone or earthwork foundations.
The site is afforded statutory protection by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11921, recognising its importance as physical evidence of post-medieval rural settlement and land use patterns in Dumfriesshire. The enclosure contributes to understanding how agricultural communities in this region organised their working landscape during the early modern period, when such field monuments became characteristic features of the Scottish borders.
Raggiewhate, enclosure 210m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11921. View the official record →
Raggiewhate is a post-medieval enclosure located in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland, situated approximately 210 metres east-south-east of a reference point now lost to record.
Raggiewhate, enclosure 210m ESE 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.
Raggiewhate, enclosure 210m 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 SM11921.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fairy Knowe,mound (7.7 km), Birrens, Roman military complex, enclosures and field system (8 km), Buckie Bank Cottage, fort 95m SW of (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Raggiewhate, enclosure 210m ESE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Raggiewhate, enclosure 210m ESE of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.