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Saltoun Home Farm Enclosure and Pit Alignments is a post-medieval earthwork monument located in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 200 metres north-west of Saltoun Home Farm itself. The site comprises an enclosed area defined by substantial banks and ditches, along with a series of aligned pits that extend across the landscape. These features are characteristic of agricultural and possibly industrial activity from the 16th century onwards, when such structured land divisions became common on Scottish estates.
The monument sits upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period of the Carboniferous, which would have influenced both the drainage and workability of the site. The pit alignments suggest systematic extraction or land management practices, possibly connected to quarrying, drainage schemes, or the preparation of agricultural land. The enclosure itself may have served multiple functions, from containing livestock to defining ownership and managing access to resources.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's reference SM5750, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval land use and estate management in East Lothian. Such earthworks provide valuable insight into the practical organisation of rural properties during the early modern period, demonstrating the capital investment required to improve and exploit agricultural landscapes.
Saltoun Home Farm,enclosure and pit alignments 200m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5750. View the official record →
Saltoun Home Farm Enclosure and Pit Alignments is a post-medieval earthwork monument located in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 200 metres north-west of Saltoun Home Farm itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5750.
Saltoun Home Farm,enclosure and pit alignments 200m NW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure and pit alignments. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Saltoun Home Farm,enclosure and pit alignments 200m NW 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 SM5750.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Windy Mains,enclosures 600m SE of (6 km), Costerton,fort 800m E of (6.1 km), Upper Keith, ring ditch 1000m NNW of (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Saltoun Home Farm,enclosure and pit alignments 200m NW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Saltoun Home Farm,enclosure and pit alignments 200m NW of stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.