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Riffer Park is a post-medieval enclosure located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, situated approximately 320 metres south-south-east of the township from which it takes its name. The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1978.
The enclosure lies upon bedrock of the Hawick Group, a formation of wacke sandstone dating to the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period. This durable sedimentary geology characterises much of the southern uplands of Scotland and would have provided stone readily suitable for the construction of field boundaries and farm structures during the post-medieval period.
The enclosure represents agricultural land management of the sixteenth century or later, a period when the intensification of farming across lowland Scotland led to the formal delimitation of productive land. Such enclosures are characteristic features of the post-medieval landscape in south-west Scotland, marking the transition from open field systems to consolidated individual holdings and reflecting changing patterns of land tenure and agricultural practice.
Riffer Park,enclosure 320m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1978. View the official record →
Riffer Park is a post-medieval enclosure located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, situated approximately 320 metres south-south-east of the township from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1978.
Riffer Park,enclosure 320m SSE 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.
Riffer Park,enclosure 320m SSE 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 SM1978.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whithorn Priory, monastic settlement and priory (4.6 km), Rispain Camp (5.2 km), Little Balsmith,standing stone (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Riffer Park,enclosure 320m SSE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Riffer Park,enclosure 320m SSE of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.