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Park Knowe is a post-medieval enclosure located 1500 metres south-south-west of Thankerton in South Lanarkshire. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff of Devonian age, part of the ancient volcanic sequence that underlies this part of the southern uplands. This geology has shaped both the landscape and the character of land use in the area for centuries.
The enclosure represents a phase of agricultural organisation dating to the post-medieval period, when improved farming practices and the consolidation of holdings led to the formalisation of field systems across the Lowlands. The monument's survival on this exposed moorland demonstrates how the underlying geology and topography have influenced patterns of settlement and land division in Lanarkshire across different periods.
Park Knowe is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduling reference SM2603, recognising its importance as evidence of past land management and agricultural practice in the region. The site contributes to understanding how communities adapted their farming systems to the demands of upland terrain and volcanic soils during the centuries following the medieval period.
Park Knowe,enclosure 1500m SSW of Thankerton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2603. View the official record →
Park Knowe is a post-medieval enclosure located 1500 metres south-south-west of Thankerton in South Lanarkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2603.
Park Knowe,enclosure 1500m SSW of Thankerton dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure 1500m ssw of thankerton. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Park Knowe,enclosure 1500m SSW of Thankerton 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 SM2603.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dungavel Hill,cairn (6.6 km), Baitlaws,cairn 750m ENE of (6.6 km), Broadhill End,cairn (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Park Knowe,enclosure 1500m SSW of Thankerton's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Park Knowe,enclosure 1500m SSW of Thankerton stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.