Crawford, South Lanarkshire

Crawford Castle

Crawford is a village and Civil Parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.^[1]

Crawford is close to the source of the River Clyde and the M74 motorway, fifty miles south east of Glasgow and fifty-three miles north west of Carlisle. It has a population of around 300 people, two hotels, a public house, a village shop and Post Office, church, and a school.

The village is close to an old Roman road and has links with Sir William Wallace (see Crawford Castle). Recent archaeological excavations have shown that this was the site of a Roman fort between 80 AD and 140 AD housing perhaps 300 soldiers.

References

↑ The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. 1854. Vol.I. (AAN-GORDON) by Rev. John Marius Wilson, p.314-315 https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee01wils#page/314/mode/2up

grid reference NS9520

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Coordinates: 55°27′45″N 3°39′44″W / 55.46254°N 3.66218°W / 55.46254; -3.66218

Settlements in South Lanarkshire

Towns	Biggar Blantyre Bothwell Cambuslang Carluke East Kilbride Hamilton Larkhall Lanark Lesmahagow Rutherglen Strathaven Uddingston

Villages and hamlets	Abington Allanton Ashgill Auchengray Auchenheath Auldhouse Blackwood Braidwood Carnwath Carstairs Junction Carstairs Village Cartland Chapelton Coalburn Coulter Crawford Crawfordjohn Crossford Dalserf Dolphinton Douglas Dunsyre Elsrickle Forth Garrion Bridge Glassford Jackton Kilncadzow Kirkfieldbank Kirkmuirhill Law Leadhills New Lanark Newbigging Nerston Pettinain Quarter Quothquan Ravenstruther Rigside Roberton Rosebank Sandford Stonehouse Symington Tarbrax Thankerton Thorntonhall Tillietudlem Wiston Woolfords Yieldshields

List of places in South Lanarkshire

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