What is recorded here
West Browncastle is a farm in South Lanarkshire where medieval rig and furrow still mark the soil beneath a company registered in 2017. The land carries a clearance cairn and field drains, suggesting people lived, left marks, and adapted the ground across centuries. Its name appears in both ancient earth and modern company law, tying local memory to ongoing human use.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records West Browncastle as Clearance Cairn (period Unassigned), Field Drain(s) (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Lamb HillMountain / peak · 1132 yd
Mid HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
High AlderstocksField Boundary (period Unassigned), Turf Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
East BrowncastleCairn (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
HareshawLime Kiln(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
LochfieldFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
Battle of Drumclog, MonumentCommemorative Monument (19th Century) (1839) · 2.1 mi
Spirit of ScotlandMemorial · 3.0 mi
Darvel Telephone MuseumMuseum · 4.4 mi
West WoodWood · 4.5 mi
Bankend FarmNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.0 mi
Dykehill PlantationForest · 5.2 mi