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Woodhead House

Scotland
HES SM6252
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

I lack reliable scholarly information specific to Woodhead House in Stirlingshire to provide an accurate description meeting your requirements for precision and factual content. Rather than supply potentially inaccurate details about this designated monument, I should acknowledge this limitation. If you have access to the Historic Environment Scotland records for this site (SM6252), those would provide the authoritative details on its period, physical character, and historical significance. Alternatively, local Stirlingshire archaeological records or the HES Canmore database may contain verified information about this specific monument.

Woodhead House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6252. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Woodhead House?

I lack reliable scholarly information specific to Woodhead House in Stirlingshire to provide an accurate description meeting your requirements for precision and factual content. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6252.

Who is responsible for protecting Woodhead House?

Woodhead House 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 SM6252.

What other scheduled monuments are near Woodhead House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall, 270m S of Buchley to 25m SW of Buchley Lodge (6.5 km), Antonine Wall, Roman temporary camp 450m W of Buchley Farm (6.5 km), Antonine Wall, 120m NE of Balmuildy Cottages to 270m S of Buchley (6.7 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Antonine Wall, 270m S of Buchley to 25m SW of Buchley Lodge
270m s of buchley to 25m sw of buchley lodge6.5 km
Antonine Wall, Roman temporary camp 450m W of Buchley Farm
Roman · Roman temporary camp 450m w of buchley farm6.5 km
Antonine Wall, 120m NE of Balmuildy Cottages to 270m S of Buchley
120m ne of balmuildy cottages to 270m s of buchley6.7 km
Antonine Wall, Summerston to River Kelvin
Summerston to river kelvin6.8 km
Antonine Wall, River Kelvin to 120m NE of Balmuildy Cottages
River kelvin to 120m ne of balmuildy cottages7.2 km
Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course
7.4 km
Antonine Wall, field boundary S of Boclair to Crow Hill
Field boundary s of boclair to crow hill7.4 km
Antonine Wall, New Kilpatrick Cemetery to field boundary S of Boclair
New kilpatrick cemetery to field boundary s of boclair7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Woodhead House

Woodhead House stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.

The wider landscape

Around Woodhead House

Battle of KilsythBattle (1645) · ~8.4 milesBattle of LangsideBattle (1568) · ~10.5 milesBattle of SauchieburnBattle (1488) · ~14.2 milesBattle of Bothwell BridgeBattle (1679) · ~14.4 miles
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