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Glengeith is a post-medieval settlement in Lanarkshire, Scotland, comprising a bastle house and associated field system. The bastle house represents a defensive domestic structure typical of the Scottish Borders and adjacent regions during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, built to withstand raiding and cattle theft during a period of considerable lawlessness. The settlement's field system reflects the agricultural practices and land organisation of the same period, indicating the combined pastoral and arable economy of the area. This archaeological site provides material evidence of domestic life and land use in the volatile frontier regions of early modern Scotland.
Glengeith, settlement, bastle house and field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4798. View the official record →
Glengeith is a post-medieval settlement in Lanarkshire, Scotland, comprising a bastle house and associated field system. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4798.
Glengeith, settlement, bastle house and field system dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement, bastle house and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Glengeith, settlement, bastle house and field system 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 SM4798.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Air Cleuch,cairns 1300m S of Glengeith (1.4 km), Crookedstane,platform settlement 1300m W of (1.8 km), Crooked Stone, standing stone 160m N of Crookedstane (2.3 km).
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