Carnwath
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Carnwath (Gaelic: ''A' Chathair Nuadh''; English: "New Fort") is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is bounded by the North Medwyn and South Medwyn watercourses.
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- Locality
- Lanark
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,430
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Carnwath
- UK place.gaelic_name
- A' Chathair Nuadh
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Carstairs meanders from the air (geograph 5679291).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Carstairs meanders near Carnwath
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS979464
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- South Lanarkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Lanarkshire
- UK place.postcode_district
- ML11
- UK place.postcode_area
- ML
- UK place.post_town
- LANARK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01555
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Lanark and Hamilton East
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Clydesdale
- UK place.website
- Visit Lanarkshire
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1410
- Image
- Carnwath mercat cross.jpg
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- Carnwath
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Carnwath (Gaelic: ''A' Chathair Nuadh; English: "New Fort") is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is bounded by the North Medwyn and South Medwyn watercourses.
==History== Carnwath stands about a mile north of the old Roman road connecting forts in Tweeddale with those on the Clyde.
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