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Langloch Knowe is a Iron Age fort situated east of Nisbet in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a multivallate defensive structure characteristic of Scottish Iron Age settlement patterns, with multiple ramparts and ditches constructed to command its elevated position. The fort's construction and occupation date to the later Iron Age period, reflecting the strategic importance of controlling this landscape during the final centuries before the Roman advance into Scotland. Such fortifications typically served as administrative, residential, and defensive centres for local populations during this formative period of Scottish prehistory.
Langloch Knowe,fort E of Nisbet is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2636. View the official record →
Langloch Knowe is a Iron Age fort situated east of Nisbet in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2636.
Langloch Knowe,fort E of Nisbet dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort e of nisbet. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Langloch Knowe,fort E of Nisbet 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 SM2636.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nisbet,fort 740m S of (1.2 km), Tripans Knowe,enclosure (5.5 km), Baitlaws,cairn 750m ENE of (5.7 km).
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