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Cow Castle is an Iron Age fort located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site consists of a defended enclosure with ramparts characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in central Scotland, dating to the pre-Roman period. Its strategic location reflects the settlement and defensive practices of Iron Age communities in the region prior to Roman contact in northern Britain.
Cow Castle,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2507. View the official record →
Cow Castle is an Iron Age fort located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2507.
Cow Castle,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cow Castle,fort 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 SM2507.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nisbet,fort 740m S of (1.2 km), Snaip Hill,fort (1.8 km), Preston Hill,earthwork SE of (5.3 km).
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