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The Chester, enclosure 180m NE of Glenrusko is a post-medieval enclosure located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. The monument sits on bedrock of the Gala Group, a sequence of wacke sediments deposited during the Telychian period of the Silurian, typical geology of this upland region. The enclosure dates to the period following the medieval age, reflecting patterns of rural land organisation and stock management that evolved across the Scottish Borders in the sixteenth century and later.
The monument remains archaeologically significant as evidence of early modern agricultural practice in the Tweed valley landscape. Enclosures of this period often served to define grazing boundaries, contain livestock, or mark territorial claims during a period of increasing landscape management and formalised land tenure. The site benefits from protection by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM2817, ensuring its preservation for future study.
The Chester's position 180 metres north-east of Glenrusko places it within a landscape shaped by both natural topography and centuries of human activity. Similar post-medieval enclosures across the Borders testify to the gradual transformation of open moorland into a system of defined holdings and managed pastoral zones during the early modern period.
The Chester, enclosure 180m NE of Glenrusko is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2817. View the official record →
The Chester, enclosure 180m NE of Glenrusko is a post-medieval enclosure located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2817.
The Chester, enclosure 180m NE of Glenrusko dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure 180m ne of glenrusko. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The Chester, enclosure 180m NE of Glenrusko 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 SM2817.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Menzion Farm, settlement 735m SSW of (2.9 km), Hawkshaw Farm, unenclosed platform settlement 1240m E of (3.3 km), Weird Law, platform settlement 550m S of summit (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of The Chester, enclosure 180m NE of Glenrusko'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.
The Chester, enclosure 180m NE of Glenrusko stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.