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Latitude: 55.4823 / 55°28'56"N
Longitude: -3.57 / 3°34'12"W
OS Eastings: 300875
OS Northings: 622064
OS Grid: NT008220
Mapcode National: GBR 35H1.WK
Mapcode Global: WH5TM.4G8J
Entry Name: Campshead,unenclosed platform settlement 800m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 19 March 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4735
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: platform settlement
Location: Crawford
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument is a prehistoric settlement consisting of four well-defined house platforms, grouped in two pairs, on the E-facing slopes NW of the mouth of Carle Gill. The area to be scheduled is rectangular, 120m N-S by 75m E-W, as delineated in red on the attached plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a fine field monument, being a well-preserved medium-sized platform settlement of later prehistoric date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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