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Latitude: 55.6289 / 55°37'44"N
Longitude: -3.6087 / 3°36'31"W
OS Eastings: 298811
OS Northings: 638437
OS Grid: NS988384
Mapcode National: GBR 337C.J0
Mapcode Global: WH5ST.JST4
Entry Name: Quothquan Law, fort
Scheduled Date: 3 July 1967
Last Amended: 9 October 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2601
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Libberton
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument comprises a prehistoric fort which occupies the summit of Quothquan Law.
The rocky summit measures 120m by 70m and is enclosed by a wall (now almost completely denuded) except for short intermittent stretches on the NW, S and E. The main entrance is on the NE where a track leads into the fort through an annex (measuring about 100m by 40m) which may be secondary. The annex is formed by double ramparts and a medial ditch, but the ramparts are little more than scarps and the ditch has been almost completely filled in. There is another entrance on the SW. Traces of up to fourteen timber round-houses have been noted within the annex.
The area to be scheduled is sub-circular on plan and measures 230m from NW-SE by up to 170m transversely, to include the fort and an area around in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well-preserved and complex field monument which has the potential to provide information about the nature and development of later prehistoric society: its architecture, land-use, economy and social structure through time.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NS 93 NE 11.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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