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West Mains is a post-medieval enclosure situated approximately 400 metres south-south-west of West Mains in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5995. The site occupies ground underlain by Dinantian extrusive rocks of the Mississippian period, comprising felsic lava and tuff that give the local landscape its distinctive geological character.
The enclosure represents the field systems and agricultural organisation of the post-medieval period, a time when farming practices and land use across East Lothian were undergoing significant change. The construction of stone or turf-built enclosures reflected both practical needs for livestock management and the gradual formalisation of territorial boundaries across the Scottish countryside.
Today the monument survives as an archaeological record of early modern rural settlement patterns. Its position on the volcanic bedrock of East Lothian, typical of the region's Carboniferous geology, places it within the broader landscape of post-medieval agricultural development that characterised this productive farming area of the Lothians.
West Mains,enclosures 400m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5995. View the official record →
West Mains is a post-medieval enclosure situated approximately 400 metres south-south-west of West Mains in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5995.
West Mains,enclosures 400m SSW 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.
West Mains,enclosures 400m SSW 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 SM5995.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Park,fort 900m SSE of (6.7 km), Quarryford House,enclosures,souterrain and pit alignment SW of (7.1 km), Longyester,palisaded enclosures and pit alignments 600m SE of (7.4 km).
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West Mains,enclosures 400m SSW of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is felsic lava and felsic tuff.