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Glenochar Burn is a post-medieval bastle house and associated settlement in Lanarkshire, Scotland, representing the defensive domestic architecture typical of the Anglo-Scottish borderlands. The bastle, a fortified farmhouse combining residential and livestock accommodation within a single structure, dates to the post-medieval period and reflects the security concerns of communities in this region during centuries of cross-border raiding. The site comprises not only the bastle structure itself but also evidence of a wider post-medieval settlement pattern and field system, indicating sustained agricultural organisation and habitation around the primary dwelling. This multi-component landscape provides archaeological insight into the practical arrangements of rural life and land use in post-medieval Lanarkshire.
Glenochar Burn,bastle house,post-medieval settlement & field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5385. View the official record →
Glenochar Burn is a post-medieval bastle house and associated settlement in Lanarkshire, Scotland, representing the defensive domestic architecture typical of the Anglo-Scottish borderlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5385.
Glenochar Burn,bastle house,post-medieval settlement & field system dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a bastle house,post-medieval settlement & field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Glenochar Burn,bastle house,post-medieval settlement & 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 SM5385.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Watermeetings,platform settlement 450m W of (1 km), Crookedstane,platform settlement 1300m W of (1.4 km), Air Cleuch,cairns 1300m S of Glengeith (1.8 km).
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