Netherton, 'old Hall'
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Netherton, 'old Hall'
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 124452
Site Number NS96NW 20
NGR NS 9091 6572
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/124452
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Shotts (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS96NW 20 9091 6572
The following site in North Lanarkshire has been identified and recorded during fieldwork carried out by the staff of West of Scotland Archaeology Service. Full details are available in the WoSAS SMR.
NS 9091 6572 Structure.
West of Scotland Archaeology Service 1997.
'The ruins of an old house... that it is traditionally handed down that this building had never been completed or occupied, and that it was founded about 200 years ago, by a Sir Charles Inglis intentionally as a mansion for one of his sons.
By the appearance of the ruins and the ground around would indicate that it had never been a place of note or residence for a gentleman.'
Name Book 1864. (Book No. 53, 54)
A single unroofed building annotated 'Ruin' is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1864, sheet ix), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1994).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 20 August 2000.
Resistivity (19 September 2010)
NS 9091 6572 An ornate skewput found being used as a
gatepost in a dairy wall of Southrigg Farm W of Armadale
prompted a search for its original site. The Old Hall at
Netherton was identified as the nearest possible source. Allan
Mackenzie at Airdrie Library pointed out the association of
the Hall with Dowager Lady Torphichen from the survey
by William Forrest (1816). A kite aerial photograph (KAP)
was taken of the site, and on 19 September 2010 a ground
resistance survey, of a 2 x 20m grid, was carried out on the
remains of the building and c13m of ground to its eastern
side.
A ditch can be seen as a curving white feature on the
ground resistance plot and on the KAP. The black area
indicates high resistance and reflects the geology around
the feature, with more discernible structural elements in the
middle. An L-shaped feature can be seen to the left within
the bank and ditch in the KAP image and this was also
recorded on the resistance survey. Part of this structure
appears to extend out of the southern bank into the field.
To the E there are similar high resistance linear features,
but they do not form any discernible structure and become
less clear further E. The large high resistance signatures
are possibly masking more ephemeral structures. There
are no obvious signs of building rubble extending across
the survey area, suggesting any remaining foundations are
possibly more complete than was first thought. It is possible
that the structure was never completed as described in
early accounts, or that stone was removed and used in
other buildings in the area. It is considered that the site
is worth further investigation, using either further targeted
geophysical survey, kite aerial photography in the near
infra-red or intrusive excavation.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: West Lothian Archaeology Group
