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Stevenson Mains Enclosures is a post-medieval monument comprising field boundaries and enclosures located 500 metres south-south-east of Stevenson Mains in East Lothian, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, sedimentary rocks of Visean age that form a significant portion of the lower Carboniferous geology across this region of south-eastern Scotland. The Strathclyde Group's cyclic deposition of sandstones, siltstones and mudstones has created the rolling terrain typical of East Lothian, which would have influenced the layout and construction of these later field systems.
The enclosures represent agricultural organisation dating to the post-medieval period, a time when Scottish rural land use became increasingly formalised through systematic subdivision. Such enclosure monuments typically indicate changes in farming practice, tenure and property boundaries that developed following medieval open-field agriculture. The survival of these earthworks at Stevenson Mains reflects the landscape's response to these historical shifts in how the land was managed and parcelled amongst users.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM5927, recognising its significance as evidence of Scotland's post-medieval agricultural heritage and landscape development in East Lothian.
Stevenson Mains,enclosures 500m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5927. View the official record →
Stevenson Mains Enclosures is a post-medieval monument comprising field boundaries and enclosures located 500 metres south-south-east of Stevenson Mains in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5927.
Stevenson Mains,enclosures 500m SSE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Stevenson Mains,enclosures 500m SSE 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 SM5927.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newlands,enclosure 500m S of (8.2 km), Black Castle,fort,Newlands (8.3 km), Quarryford House,enclosures,souterrain and pit alignment SW of (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stevenson Mains,enclosures 500m SSE 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.
Stevenson Mains,enclosures 500m SSE of stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.