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Woodfield is a post-medieval enclosure located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, situated approximately 295 metres north-east of the settlement. The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12029.
The enclosure lies upon bedrock composed of Triassic sandstone and conglomerate, typical of the geology underlying much of south-west Scotland. These interbedded rocks, formed during the Triassic period, provide the natural foundation upon which the post-medieval structure was built. The sandy and conglomeritic nature of the underlying geology would have influenced both the drainage characteristics and the construction methods employed at the site.
As a post-medieval enclosure, Woodfield represents the agricultural land organisation of the early modern period. Enclosures of this type typically functioned as stock containment areas or defined field boundaries, reflecting the intensification and formalisation of farming practices that characterised the centuries following the medieval period in lowland Scotland.
Woodfield, enclosure 295m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12029. View the official record →
Woodfield is a post-medieval enclosure located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, situated approximately 295 metres north-east of the settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12029.
Woodfield, enclosure 295m NE 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.
Woodfield, enclosure 295m NE 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 SM12029.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hadrian's Wall north of Kirkland House, Port Carlisle in wall mile 78 (5.2 km), Hadrian's Wall vallum between the track south of Kirkland House and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79 (5.3 km), Hadrian's Wall between Apple Garth, Westfield, and the dismantled railway in wall mile 77 (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Woodfield, enclosure 295m NE 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.
Woodfield, enclosure 295m NE of stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.