Contribution is aimed at the assessment of landscape heterogeneity by a grid approach, which is based on the monitoring of the occurrence of land cover classes in the individual squares and on the statistical-spatial analysis of the acquired data. Model region comprises cadastral areas of Hlinné, Vyšný Žipov and Zlatník village. They are situated at the contact zone of two genetically distinct entities: Panónska panva basin and the Carpathians. It is a markedly heterogenous area, which has undergone considerable changes from the aspect of landscape heterogeneity development, particularly under the influence of collectivisation of agricultural production, industrialisation, development of communication networks and with that connected rise of built-up areas. The agriculture of the area and also land use since 1826 has undergone considerable changes. There are agrarian terraces and ramparts, the oldest relics of the agricultural land use, which remained after farming on small fields, respectively plots. From an analysis of historical sources and results of field research can be concluded that the landscape preserved this character till early 50-ties of the 20th century. The formation of agricultural cooperatives in the region and with this related intensification of agricultural production led to the disappearance of agrarian terraces and ramparts on the one side by inclusion of them into forest communities in areas with higher slope. The agrarian terraces and ramparts have been preserved only in areas with the most exposed slope at the foothills of Slanské vrchy Mts in Zlatník and Vyšný Žipov in Beskydské predhorie hilly-land. Our presented methodology appears appropriate for evaluation of the heterogeneity of other rural landscape with occurrence of historical landscape structures not only in Central Europe.