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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Libberton
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Clydesdale
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

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

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