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Templehall enclosures, located 500 metres north-north-west of Templehall in East Lothian, is a post-medieval monument comprising a series of field enclosures. The site lies on bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, which underlie the rolling landscape of this part of East Lothian.
Post-medieval enclosures of this type typically represent agricultural improvement and reorganisation of the countryside, reflecting changes in farming practice and land tenure from the sixteenth century onwards. The regular field divisions visible at Templehall would have facilitated more intensive management of livestock and crops than the older, more extensive systems they replaced. Their presence in the East Lothian landscape testifies to the region's long history of productive agriculture.
The enclosures are protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5744, recognising their value as evidence of the post-medieval development of the rural landscape. Such monuments contribute to understanding how East Lothian's distinctive pattern of settlement and land use evolved during the early modern period.
Templehall,enclosures 500m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5744. View the official record →
Templehall enclosures, located 500 metres north-north-west of Templehall in East Lothian, is a post-medieval monument comprising a series of field enclosures. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5744.
Templehall,enclosures 500m NNW 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.
Templehall,enclosures 500m NNW 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 SM5744.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Longfaugh,enclosures 200m E of (5.3 km), Longfaugh Fort,Crichton (5.5 km), Crichton Mains,souterrain 1280m E of (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Templehall,enclosures 500m NNW 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.
Templehall,enclosures 500m NNW of stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.