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Tyneholm House enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork located approximately 600 metres south of Tyneholm House in East Lothian, Scotland. The site sits upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks deposited during the Westphalian period, which form part of the underlying geology of this coastal lowland region. This geological foundation would have influenced both the agricultural potential and the construction possibilities available to those who occupied the site during the post-medieval period.
The enclosure survives as an earthwork feature, indicative of the agricultural and pastoral management practices that characterised rural East Lothian following the medieval period. Such enclosures typically demarcated land holdings, contained livestock, and defined the working landscape of farming communities. The monument's survival as an upstanding feature provides evidence of the gradual reorganisation and improvement of the Scottish agricultural landscape during the early modern period.
Tyneholm House enclosure is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5747, recognising its historical significance as a record of post-medieval land use and settlement patterns in East Lothian. The site contributes to understanding the material development of rural Scottish communities during a period of gradual economic and social change in the region.
Tyneholm House,enclosure 600m S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5747. View the official record →
Tyneholm House enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork located approximately 600 metres south of Tyneholm House in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5747.
Tyneholm House,enclosure 600m S 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.
Tyneholm House,enclosure 600m S 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 SM5747.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hope,enclosure 300m SSE of (6.7 km), Pathhead,Roman camps,enclosures and pit alignment (7.1 km), Longfaugh,enclosures 200m E of (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tyneholm House,enclosure 600m S of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Tyneholm House,enclosure 600m S of stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.