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Stacks enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork monument situated in Linlithgowshire, approximately 250 metres to the east-south-east of Stacks. The enclosure lies upon bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, sedimentary deposits of Visean age that characterise much of the underlying geology in this region of central Scotland. These ancient rocks provided the local building material and influenced the landscape's drainage and agricultural potential during the early modern period.
The monument survives as an earthwork enclosure, a form of field boundary and stock management feature common throughout Lowland Scotland from the sixteenth century onwards. Such enclosures represent the organisation of agricultural land during a period of increasing pastoral farming and property consolidation, reflecting both economic pressures and changing land tenure practices.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM6489, recognising its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of post-medieval settlement and land use in Linlithgowshire. The monument contributes to understanding how communities managed their resources and organised their landscape during the early modern period.
Stacks,enclosure 250m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6489. View the official record →
Stacks enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork monument situated in Linlithgowshire, approximately 250 metres to the east-south-east of Stacks. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6489.
Stacks,enclosure 250m ESE 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.
Stacks,enclosure 250m ESE 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 SM6489.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Peace Knowe,fort (6.1 km), Broomy Knowes, cairn S of (6.7 km), Faucheldean,shale bing,Winchburgh (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stacks,enclosure 250m ESE 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.
Stacks,enclosure 250m ESE of stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.