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Stacks enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork monument situated 250 metres west-south-west of Stacks in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Strathclyde Group, which date to the Visean period of the Carboniferous. These cyclical deposits of sandstone and mudstone form the bedrock geology across much of central Scotland and would have influenced drainage and land use in this locality.
The enclosure represents a field system or settlement feature of the post-medieval period, when much of Linlithgowshire experienced agricultural reorganisation and consolidation of land holdings. Earthwork enclosures of this type typically served as livestock pens, paddocks, or defined settlement areas, though specific historical documentation about this particular site's origins and use has not been recorded.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled ancient monument under reference SM6490, recognising its importance as evidence of early modern rural settlement and land management practices. The survival of its earthwork form provides archaeological value in understanding how communities organised their immediate landscape during the post-medieval period in the west central Lowlands.
Stacks,enclosure 250m WSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6490. View the official record →
Stacks enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork monument situated 250 metres west-south-west of Stacks in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6490.
Stacks,enclosure 250m WSW 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 WSW 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 SM6490.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Peace Knowe,fort (6.1 km), Broomy Knowes, cairn S of (6.6 km), South Mains,homestead moat 200m N of (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stacks,enclosure 250m WSW 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 WSW of stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.