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Windgate House is a bastle house and associated structures located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, designated by Historic Environment Scotland (SM5257). The building represents the defensive domestic architecture typical of the Scottish Borders and adjacent regions during the early modern period, when fortified farmsteads provided protection against raids and livestock theft. Bastles were characterised by their robust stone construction, typically comprising a ground floor used for animal housing and storage with living quarters above, designed to withstand the lawlessness that prevailed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The survival of Windgate House and its related structures provides material evidence of the agricultural and defensive strategies employed by rural communities in Lanarkshire during this period of border instability.
Windgate House,bastle house and associated structures is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5257. View the official record →
Windgate House is a bastle house and associated structures located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, designated by Historic Environment Scotland (SM5257). It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5257.
Windgate House,bastle house and associated structures 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 SM5257.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camps Knowe Wood,fort (4.3 km), Campshead,unenclosed platform settlement 800m WNW of (5.2 km), Normangill,henge (6.7 km).
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