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Latitude: 55.4987 / 55°29'55"N
Longitude: -3.738 / 3°44'16"W
OS Eastings: 290307
OS Northings: 624145
OS Grid: NS903241
Mapcode National: GBR 24BV.JP
Mapcode Global: WH5TJ.K17X
Entry Name: Craighead, platform settlement 1200m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 28 March 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4485
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: platform settlement
Location: Crawfordjohn
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument is a prehistoric settlement consisting of 11 platforms, scooped into the hillside, on which would have stood round houses. The area to be scheduled is quadrilateral. Its W side, which runs NS, is 185m long and passes through the NE corner of the fence enclosing improved ground beside the Duneaton Water; its S side, which runs EW, is 200m long; its E side, which runs NS, is 100m long, and its N side completes the quadrilateral, all as delineated in red on the attached plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well-preserved example of an unenclosed platform settlement of presumed later prehistoric date. its significance is increased by the presence of a range of other such settlement in the vicinity, giving the possibility of comparison between the sites.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
Reference:
RCAHMS, Lanarkshire, No. 183.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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