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White Hill is a post-medieval house and field system located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The settlement comprises domestic structures and associated agricultural land typical of the early modern Scottish countryside. The site sits on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, Middle Cambrian psammite and pelite deposits, which provided the stone used in local building and created the naturally well-drained slopes favourable for settlement and cultivation.
The house and its surrounding field system represent the organisation of rural life during the post-medieval period, when such settlements were common across the Scottish lowlands and upland margins. The layout reflects the integration of domestic and agricultural functions characteristic of the period, with fields arranged to exploit the local topography and soil conditions.
White Hill is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4875, recognising its value as evidence of post-medieval rural settlement patterns and land use in the north-east of Scotland. The site contributes to understanding how communities organised their domestic and economic activities within the landscape during this formative period of Scottish history.
White Hill,house and field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4875. View the official record →
White Hill is a post-medieval house and field system located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4875.
White Hill,house and field system dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a house and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
White Hill,house and field system 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 SM4875.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cowie Line, pill box & anti-tank blocks 450m W of Ury House (2.3 km), Cowie Line, pill box & anti-tank blocks ESE of Rickarton House (2.4 km), Cowie Line, pill boxes & anti-tank blocks 200m SW-275m SE of Ury House (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of White Hill,house and field system'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.
White Hill,house and field system stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.