Townhead
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Townhead
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 47643
Site Number NS94SE 14
NGR NS 9862 4191
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47643
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Libberton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS94SE 14 9862 4191.
NS 986 419. Enclosure, Townhead (Site): A roughly circular enclosure, measuring approximately 50m in diameter within a ditch about 2m wide, is revealed by a crop-mark on air photographs in an arable field 400m SSW of Townhead farmhouse and 170m W of earthwork NS94SE 19. No traces are visible on the ground.
RCAHMS 1978, visited 1969
As stated, there is nothing visible on the ground. The site lies on a NW-facing slope and is non-defensive. Sited to NS 9862 4191 from air photograph and ground observation.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 17 January 1968
Following recent aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 1995) this site has been re-interpreted as a settlement.
Information from RCAHMS (KB) 16 June 1999
