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Rait Castle Enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork located approximately 320 metres north-east of Rait Castle in Nairnshire, Scotland. The enclosure comprises a substantial defensive earthwork, likely dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century, and represents a phase of settlement activity associated with or contemporary to the nearby castle. Its precise function remains unclear from the archaeological record, though such enclosures of this period typically served defensive, agricultural, or administrative purposes. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Record and forms part of the broader landscape context of Rait Castle and its surrounding settlement pattern.
Rait Castle, enclosure 320m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11805. View the official record →
Rait Castle Enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork located approximately 320 metres north-east of Rait Castle in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11805.
Rait Castle, enclosure 320m NE 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.
Rait Castle, enclosure 320m NE 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 SM11805.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slagachorrie, dun 835m NW of (1.3 km), Castle Findlay,fort (1.7 km), Geddes House,ring ditches 700m SW of (1.7 km).
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