Green Knowe
Causeway (Prehistoric) - (Medieval), Crannog (Prehistoric) - (Medieval)
Site Name Green Knowe
Classification Causeway (Prehistoric) - (Medieval), Crannog (Prehistoric) - (Medieval)
Canmore ID 48755
Site Number NT03SW 23
NGR NT 0427 3354
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48755
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Culter
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT03SW 23 0427 3354.
(NT 0427 3354) Green Knowe (NAT) Crannog (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1962).
The position of this crannog can just be distinguished as a slight swelling in the surface of the marshy ground 650m NE of Coulter Shaw. (RCAHMS 1978). It was described in 1835 (NSA 1845) as an oval mound measuring about 120ft by 90ft (36.6m by 27.4m) and standing to a height of 2ft to 3ft (0.6m to 0.9m) above the surrounding moss.
The mound, which had by then been severely denuded by quarrying, was composed of stones consolidated by upright timbers; a causeway linked the crannog to firmer ground.
According to the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB), nothing remained of Green Knowe in 1858, though the site was well known.
RCAHMS 1978, visited 1970; New Statistical Account (NSA, J Proudfoot: written 1835) 1845; Name Book 1858.
The published symbol indicates the summit of a natural knoll at the foot of the hill slopes forming the SE side of the valley. No trace of stones or wood was seen here and no trace of this crannog was seen during perambulation in 1955 and 1972.
Visited by OS(WW) 15 June 1955 and (DWR) 18 July 1972.
Field Visit (July 1970)
NT 042 335. The position of this crannog can just be distinguished as a slight swelling in the surface of the marshy ground 650 m NE of Coulter Shaw, between Cow Castle and Shaw Hill. It is described in the New Statistical Account (vi, 346; PSAS vi, 160-1) as an oval mound measuring about 120 feet by 90 feet (36.6 m by 27·4 m) and standing to a height of 2 feet to 3 feet (0·6 m to 0·9 m) above the surrounding moss. The mound, which had by this time been severely denuded by quarrying, was composed of stones consolidated by upright timbers; a causeway linked the crannog to firmer ground.
RCAHMS 1978, visited July 1970
