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Latitude: 55.4721 / 55°28'19"N
Longitude: -3.6352 / 3°38'6"W
OS Eastings: 296727
OS Northings: 621024
OS Grid: NS967210
Mapcode National: GBR 3515.S7
Mapcode Global: WH5TL.4Q6C
Entry Name: Midlock,platform settlement 1000m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4757
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: platform settlement
Location: Crawford
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument is a prehistoric settlement consisting of seven house platforms, each scooped into the hillside. The platforms run along the hillside and measure from 15.3m to 12.8m in diameter. The area to be scheduled is approximately oval in shape, with maximum dimensions of 180m NW-SE and 120m NE-SW, as delineated in red on the attached plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a good example of an unenclosed platform settlement of medium size and lacking eccentric or unusual features. It has been selected for its typicality in an area which has many atypical settlements.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS 92 SE 15.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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