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Shields is a post-medieval enclosure located approximately 500 metres east of the settlement of Shields in Ayrshire, Scotland. The site comprises an earthwork enclosure characteristic of the post-medieval period, when such field divisions and management features became common across the Scottish landscape. The enclosure represents the agricultural and settlement patterns of early modern rural Ayrshire, reflecting the organisation of land use during this era of consolidation and development in lowland Scotland.
Shields,enclosure 500m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5536. View the official record →
Shields is a post-medieval enclosure located approximately 500 metres east of the settlement of Shields in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5536.
Shields,enclosure 500m E 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.
Shields,enclosure 500m E 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 SM5536.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glaisnock,ring-ditch 140m SE of (3.9 km), Enterkine,barrow 550m ENE of (5.1 km), Ayr Fort Gate, nos.2 and 2A Montgomerie Terrace, Ayr (6 km).
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