ENCLOSURES Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Pre-Improvement dykes Lairds' parks Dyking Hedges and fences Gates and access Plantiecrues, Foula, Shetland Plantiecrues were turf and stone walled enclosures, used for for growing cabbages and kail. They were a feature of the Shetland and Orkney landscape, like this example on the remote island of Foula, in 1902. The walls have a stone foundation, with turf above and further stones laid on top. Additional height is provided by a fence. The space within gradualy rose above ground level with the accumulation of manure. Plantiecrues were used by tenants and could be built anywhere on the common grazings. A few were still being used in the 1960s. In much earlier times, enclosures like these were also found on the Scottish mainland. Resource pack   1     2     3