Carnwath
Sign in to saveCarnwath (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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Place details
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1410
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Carnwath mercat cross.jpg
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- Lanarkshire
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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.