Glencaple Burn
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glencaple Burn
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 47445
Site Number NS92SW 36
NGR NS 9276 2020
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47445
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS92SW 36 c.9276 2020.
A fairly well-preserved farmstead is situated at the junction of two streams with the Glencaple Burn. It comprises 'A', a turf covered stone wall, enclosing an area 28m x 5m divided by an intermediate cross wall, and subsidiary enclosures and banks attached to it.
'B': two hut foundations, 4m apart: one is 3m x 9m, and the other is 4m x 12m. A turf bank bounds them. Banks run adjacent to the farm, enclosing former cultivated fields. This system would appear to be of post-Medieval date.
Visited by OS 21 July 1955.
Geophysical Survey (February 1990)
Detailed survey of several sites in the area prior to the M74 motorway.
