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Templehall enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork monument located 700 metres south-west of Templehall in East Lothian, Scotland. It sits on bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, Carboniferous sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, which provides a stable foundation of sandstone and siltstone typical of this region's geology.
The enclosure represents the land management practices of early modern Scotland, when such rectangular or sub-rectangular ditched boundaries became common features of the rural landscape. These structures typically enclosed domestic or agricultural land, often associated with individual farmsteads or small estates. The choice of this location would have been influenced by the underlying geology and natural drainage patterns of the Clackmannan Group bedrock.
The monument is scheduled and protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5745, recognising its significance as evidence of post-medieval settlement and land organisation in East Lothian. Such enclosures contribute to understanding how communities structured their working landscape during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, before the major agricultural improvements of the eighteenth century reshaped the Scottish countryside.
Templehall,enclosure 700m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5745. View the official record →
Templehall enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork monument located 700 metres south-west of Templehall in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5745.
Templehall,enclosure 700m 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.
Templehall,enclosure 700m 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 SM5745.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Longfaugh,enclosures 200m E of (4.2 km), Longfaugh Fort,Crichton (4.4 km), Saughland,enclosure 150m W of (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Templehall,enclosure 700m SW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Templehall,enclosure 700m SW of stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.