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Shields enclosure is a post-medieval enclosure located 500 metres east of Shields in Ayrshire, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological formation dating to the Moscovian period, comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This underlying geology reflects the coal-bearing strata characteristic of the industrial landscape of south-western Scotland.
The enclosure represents a phase of agricultural or pastoral land management typical of the post-medieval period. Its precise form and extent remain to be fully characterised, though enclosures of this date commonly served to define field systems, contain livestock or demarcate working areas associated with settlement or industry.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5536, recognising its importance to understanding the post-medieval development of Ayrshire. The monument's survival on this Coal Measures terrain offers potential to inform understanding of land use patterns during a period of significant economic and social change in the region.
Shields,enclosure 500m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5536. View the official record →
Shields enclosure is a post-medieval enclosure located 500 metres east 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 the UK.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Shields,enclosure 500m E of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Shields,enclosure 500m E of stands on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.