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Billia Fiold is a post-medieval agricultural enclosure located in Orkney, Scotland. The site comprises a series of field boundaries defined by banks and associated platforms that reflect the reorganisation of arable and pastoral land during the early modern period. The enclosures demonstrate the agricultural practices and land management strategies employed by Orkney's farming communities following medieval settlement patterns. The physical remains, preserved as earthwork features, provide evidence of the transition in land use and tenure that characterised Orkney's post-medieval rural landscape.
Billia Fiold, enclosures, platforms and banks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13448. View the official record →
Billia Fiold is a post-medieval agricultural enclosure located in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13448.
Billia Fiold, enclosures, platforms and banks dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosures, platforms and banks. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Billia Fiold, enclosures, platforms and banks 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 SM13448.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burn of Selta, farmsteads, field system and associated remains (2.5 km), Brockan, burnt mound 300m S of (5.3 km), Diamond Cottage,defended promontory N of (5.5 km).
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