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Stanshielrig is a post-medieval homestead with associated enclosures, field systems, and clearance cairns located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site represents the agricultural settlement patterns and land management practices characteristic of early modern rural Scotland, with the clearance cairns indicating the labour-intensive process of removing stones from cultivated ground. The homestead and its attendant field divisions reflect the organization of a working farm during the post-medieval period, demonstrating the relationship between domestic settlement and the surrounding arable and pastoral landscape. The survival of these landscape features provides archaeological evidence of the development and use of marginal or upland agricultural land in the region during this era.
Stanshielrig,homestead,enclosures,field systems & clearance cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4057. View the official record →
Stanshielrig is a post-medieval homestead with associated enclosures, field systems, and clearance cairns located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4057.
Stanshielrig,homestead,enclosures,field systems & clearance cairns dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a homestead,enclosures,field systems & clearance cairns. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Stanshielrig,homestead,enclosures,field systems & clearance cairns 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 SM4057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stiddrig Cairn, long cairn and cairn (3.5 km), Plewlands, scooped settlement and farmstead 485m SW of (3.9 km), Parks, scooped settlement and house platforms 770m NNW of (4 km).
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