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West Mains of Colliston is a post-medieval enclosure located three hundred metres west-north-west of Colliston in Angus, Scotland. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM6130. The site sits upon bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation dating to the Pragian period, comprising sandstone with subordinate bands of conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This underlying geology would have shaped both the constructional materials available to those who built the enclosure and the drainage characteristics of the surrounding landscape.
Post-medieval enclosures of this type represent the agricultural reorganisation and land management practices that transformed the Scottish Lowlands and uplands from the sixteenth century onwards. Such monuments typically indicate field division, stock management systems or the demarcation of working areas associated with farming activity. The specific location of West Mains of Colliston, positioned to the west-north-west of the settled place name, suggests integration within a broader pattern of rural settlement and cultivation.
The enclosure's survival and protection recognises its importance as physical evidence of early modern land use and agricultural practice in Angus. The local geology would have influenced both the construction technique and the long-term preservation of structural remains within the landscape.
West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 300m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6130. View the official record →
West Mains of Colliston is a post-medieval enclosure located three hundred metres west-north-west of Colliston in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6130.
West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 300m WNW 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.
West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 300m WNW 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 SM6130.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Souterrain, Eastern Cemetery, Arbroath (5.8 km), Arbirlot, carved stone 20m S of Manse (5.9 km), Dickmount Law, cairn (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 300m WNW 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.
West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 300m WNW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.