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Upper Balfour is a post-medieval settlement comprising cairns, a house site, and associated field system located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The remains, situated between 500 and 1000 metres south-west of a reference point, represent the material evidence of early modern rural occupation and agricultural practice in the north-east of Scotland. The site includes structural remains of a dwelling and clearance cairns typical of post-medieval upland settlement, alongside field boundaries that indicate the organisation of arable or pastoral land use during this period. Such settlements reflect the expansion of permanent habitation into marginal lands and the intensification of agriculture that characterised rural Scotland from the sixteenth century onwards.
Upper Balfour, cairns, house, & field system 500m to 1000m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7879. View the official record →
Upper Balfour is a post-medieval settlement comprising cairns, a house site, and associated field system located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7879.
Upper Balfour, cairns, house, & field system 500m to 1000m SW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a cairns, house, & field system 500m to. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Upper Balfour, cairns, house, & field system 500m to 1000m 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 SM7879.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfauld, stone circle 120m NNE of (3.4 km), Cairn-mon-earn,cairn (4 km), Cairnshee Wood,cairn 750m SSW of Cairnshee (4.7 km).
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