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Castle Crawford Farm is an Iron Age fort situated approximately 500 metres north-west of Castle Crawford Farm in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The fort occupies a naturally defensive position on bedrock formed from wacke deposits of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen formations, laid down during the Caradocian period. This stone base provided a stable foundation for the fort's construction, whilst the surrounding topography afforded natural protection from approach.
The fort represents the fortified settlement tradition of Iron Age communities in south-central Scotland, a period when defended farmsteads and larger hillforts served as centres of habitation and control. The wacke bedrock, being relatively soft and workable, allowed builders to construct and potentially modify defensive features including ramparts and ditches that would have enclosed the settlement. The underlying geology of the Lanarkshire region shaped both the siting and construction of such monuments.
The fort is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM2616, recognising its significance as an archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns in the area. The monument survives as an important example of this period's fortified landscape, contributing to understanding of how communities in Caledonia organised their settlements and territories during the Iron Age.
Castle Crawford Farm,fort 500m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2616. View the official record →
Castle Crawford Farm is an Iron Age fort situated approximately 500 metres north-west of Castle Crawford Farm in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2616.
Castle Crawford Farm,fort 500m NW of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Castle Crawford Farm,fort 500m NW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2616.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glengeith, settlement, bastle house and field system (5 km), Bodsberry Hill,fort (5.1 km), Bodsberry Hill to Little Clyde,Roman road (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Castle Crawford Farm,fort 500m NW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Castle Crawford Farm,fort 500m NW of stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.