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Upper Whitfield Enclosures is a pair of post-medieval field enclosures located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, situated 375 metres south-east and 350 metres east-south-east of Upper Whitfield farm. The monuments represent the organised agricultural management of the Borders landscape during the early modern period, when the improvement of field systems became increasingly important to farming communities.
The enclosures are constructed upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period. This geology shapes the character of the surrounding terrain and would have influenced the physical demands of creating and maintaining these field boundaries. The undulating landscape of Peeblesshire, with its mix of moorland and arable ground, required farmers to define and protect their cultivated areas through substantial earthworks or stone dykes.
These enclosures are protected as scheduled monuments by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4624, reflecting their importance as tangible evidence of the agricultural practices and land management strategies that shaped the Scottish Borders during the post-medieval period. They survive as important records of how farming communities organised their fields and resources during this transformative era in rural land use.
Upper Whitfield,enclosures 375m SE and 350m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4624. View the official record →
Upper Whitfield Enclosures is a pair of post-medieval field enclosures located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, situated 375 metres south-east and 350 metres east-south-east of Upper Whitfield farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4624.
Upper Whitfield,enclosures 375m SE and 350m ESE of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures 375m se and. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Upper Whitfield,enclosures 375m SE and 350m ESE 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 SM4624.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nether Stewarton, settlement 850m W of (8.9 km), Callands House,earthwork S of (9.2 km), Harehope,palisaded settlement 730m NNE of (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Upper Whitfield,enclosures 375m SE and 350m ESE 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.
Upper Whitfield,enclosures 375m SE and 350m ESE of stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.