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South Dumbuils is a post-medieval enclosure situated 500 metres south-west of Dumbuils in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument occupies land underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, mafic lavas and tuffs formed during the Devonian period that characterise this part of the Highlands. The enclosure is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9320.
Post-medieval enclosures of this type typically represent the reorganisation of landholdings and agricultural improvement from the sixteenth century onwards. At South Dumbuils, the enclosure reflects the farming practices of Perthshire's historical landscape, where stock management and cultivation required defined boundaries suited to the underlying volcanic geology and upland terrain.
The monument survives as a physical record of the area's post-medieval rural settlement patterns and land use. Its location within the Perthshire uplands, where volcanic bedrock influenced drainage and agricultural potential, demonstrates how local geology shaped historical land division and farming strategy across the region.
South Dumbuils, enclosure 500m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9320. View the official record →
South Dumbuils is a post-medieval enclosure situated 500 metres south-west of Dumbuils in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9320.
South Dumbuils, enclosure 500m SW 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.
South Dumbuils, enclosure 500m SW 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 SM9320.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Law of Dumbuils, fort (0.9 km), Castle Law,fort (1.3 km), Jackschairs Wood,fort 300m ESE of Netherholm (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of South Dumbuils, enclosure 500m SW 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.
South Dumbuils, enclosure 500m SW of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.