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Young Bush Wood enclosure is a post-medieval enclosed field or settlement situated in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. The monument occupies ground underlain by Gala Group wacke, a hard, coarse-grained sandstone of Silurian age that forms the bedrock across much of the region and was readily accessible for construction materials. Protected as a Scheduled Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3113, the enclosure stands as evidence of land organisation and use practices during the early modern period in the Scottish uplands.
The site lies within the wooded landscape of Young Bush Wood itself, a setting that may conceal or protect the monument's earthwork features. Post-medieval enclosures of this type typically represent the formalisation of agricultural boundaries and pastoral management in the centuries following the medieval period. Such monuments often provided stock containment or field demarcation in marginal upland terrain where settlement was dispersed and pastoral farming predominated.
The enclosure's survival into the modern era reflects the stability of land use patterns across Peeblesshire's moorland and woodland environment. As a scheduled monument, Young Bush Wood enclosure contributes to the wider archaeological record of post-medieval rural settlement and land management in the Scottish Borders, recording the ways in which communities adapted their landscape to economic and social needs during this transformative period.
Young Bush Wood,enclosure NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3113. View the official record →
Young Bush Wood enclosure is a post-medieval enclosed field or settlement situated in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3113.
Young Bush Wood,enclosure NW 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.
Young Bush Wood,enclosure 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 SM3113.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Orchard Rig,settlements,enclosures,cairn and field system (0.4 km), Chester Hill,fort (0.4 km), Grieston Hill,fort (0.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Young Bush Wood,enclosure 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.
Young Bush Wood,enclosure NW of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.