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Drumfin is a deserted settlement located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated approximately 200 metres west of the village from which it takes its name. The settlement stands on bedrock formed from an unnamed Carboniferous to Permian igneous intrusion, comprising dolerite and tholeiitic basalt. This geological foundation would have presented both challenges and opportunities to the settlers who occupied the site, offering stone suitable for building but demanding considerable labour for extraction and working.
The settlement represents evidence of rural occupation during the medieval period, when scattered communities lived at subsistence level across the Scottish lowlands. Such deserted settlements are common across Scotland and the wider British Isles, their abandonment often reflecting broader patterns of land use change, agricultural reorganisation, or migration to more favourable locations. The precise date of Drumfin's occupation and desertion remains undetermined from available evidence.
Drumfin is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM9665, recognising its archaeological significance and historical importance as a record of past settlement patterns and rural life. The site contributes to our understanding of how communities utilised the landscape of Lanarkshire in earlier centuries.
Drumfin, deserted settlement 200m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9665. View the official record →
Drumfin is a deserted settlement located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated approximately 200 metres west of the village from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9665.
Drumfin, deserted settlement 200m W 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 SM9665.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mid Bracco, hut circles 350m W of (0.9 km), Mid Bracco, deserted farmstead (1.1 km), Duntilland Hill, cairn (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Drumfin, deserted settlement 200m W of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Drumfin, deserted settlement 200m W of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.