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Waterhead is a platform settlement located approximately 900 metres north of Waterhead in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The settlement consists of an artificially levelled platform or terrace cut into the hillside, a construction technique commonly employed in prehistoric and early historic periods to create suitable ground for domestic occupation in upland terrain. Such platform settlements are characteristic of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement patterns in Scotland, representing permanent or semi-permanent occupation sites where communities adapted their landscape to facilitate building and habitation. The site's precise dating and cultural attribution require reference to archaeological survey records held by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM4714.
Waterhead,platform settlement 900m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4714. View the official record →
Waterhead is a platform settlement located approximately 900 metres north of Waterhead in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4714.
Waterhead,platform settlement 900m N 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 SM4714.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lettershaws,platform settlement 1000m NE of (3 km), Glencaple,burnt mound 980m WNW of (3.3 km), Historic gold workings, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire (3.4 km).
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