Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cartland

Cartland, vil., in co. and 2 miles NW. of Lanark; 1 mile NW. of Lanark are C. Crags, a vast chasm forming the bed of Mouse Water; the rocks have an alt. of about 400 ft., and a bridge of 3 semicircular arches, 129 ft. high, spans the ravine.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place: Cartland

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