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Westfield Enclosures NW of is a post-medieval field monument located in Angus, Scotland, comprising a series of field boundaries that reflect the agricultural reorganisation of the Scottish lowlands in the early modern period. The site lies upon bedrock of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, a Pragian-aged geological formation composed primarily of sandstone with subordinate bands of conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This underlying geology would have influenced both the character of the soils available for cultivation and the materials available to the builders of the enclosures themselves.
The enclosures represent a phase of intensified land management and improved husbandry practices that became increasingly common across lowland Scotland from the sixteenth century onwards. Such monuments provide evidence for the gradual transition from medieval open-field systems towards the enclosed, regularly-shaped fields that came to dominate the landscape. The precise configuration and construction methods of the Westfield enclosures reflect local adaptation to the terrain and resources of the Angus region.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the scheduled monument reference SM6053, recognising its significance as evidence for post-medieval agricultural development in east-central Scotland. The survival of these enclosures contributes to the broader understanding of how rural communities reorganised their working landscape during the early modern period.
Westfield,enclosures NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6053. View the official record →
Westfield Enclosures NW of is a post-medieval field monument located in Angus, Scotland, comprising a series of field boundaries that reflect the agricultural reorganisation of the Scottish lowlands in the early modern period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6053.
Westfield,enclosures NW 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.
Westfield,enclosures NW 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 SM6053.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mains of Brigton,enclosure 500m N of (1.8 km), Kirkton,homestead moat 350m W of (4 km), Meathie church and graveyard, 330m S of Mains of Easter Meathie (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Westfield,enclosures NW 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.
Westfield,enclosures NW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.