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Coulter settlement is a medieval settlement located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated 190 metres north-east of Cow Castle. The site lies upon bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a wacke deposited during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician. This underlying geology of hard sedimentary rock would have presented significant challenges to settlement construction and subsistence agriculture, typical constraints facing medieval communities in the Southern Uplands.
The settlement's proximity to Cow Castle suggests a relationship between the two sites, whether as dependent farmstead or part of a wider estate structure. Medieval settlements of this type in Lanarkshire typically comprised scattered farmsteads and field systems, their exact layout now often visible only through earthwork survey or archaeological investigation.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM2625, ensuring its preservation as an important element of the region's medieval landscape heritage. The survival of such settlements, even in fragmentary form, provides evidence of how rural communities adapted to the challenging upland terrain of south-central Scotland during the medieval period.
Coulter,settlement 190m NE of Cow Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2625. View the official record →
Coulter settlement is a medieval settlement located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated 190 metres north-east of Cow Castle. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2625.
Coulter,settlement 190m NE of Cow Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a settlement 190m ne of cow castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Coulter,settlement 190m NE of Cow Castle 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 SM2625.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nisbet,fort 740m S of (1.4 km), Preston Hill,earthwork SE of (5.1 km), The Rings,fort & settlement 910m SSW of Glenholm (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Coulter,settlement 190m NE of Cow Castle'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.
Coulter,settlement 190m NE of Cow Castle stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.