Carnwath is in a moorland village in the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about thirty miles south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is bounded by the North Medwin and South Medwin watercourses. Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. ... The Pentland Hills is a range of hills to the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ...

Its current population is about 1,400. The area is agricultural, but the locality also serves as a commuter dormitory for the large cities nearby. The combination of agricultural machinery, a through-traffic of heavy lorries, and peak-time commuter traffic, all means the local roads are seriously congested. Commuting is the process of travelling from a place of residence to a place of work. ...

There are proposals for a large windfarm nearby at Harrows Law. A wind farm is a collection of wind turbines all in the same location and used for the generation of electricity. ...

Very nearby at Dunsyre is the famous Little Sparta. Little Sparta is a garden at Dunsyre in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, created by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE. The five-acre Arcadian garden includes concrete poetry in sculptural form, polemic, philosophical aphorisms, together with conventional sculptures and temple-like buildings as well as mature plantings. ...

History

The Clan Lamont were driven from their homeland to settle in Carnwath. They later became Covenanters. The Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-1885) said of the village: "Long a dingy and disagreeable place, it has been greatly improved". The Covenanters, named after the Solemn League and Covenant, were a party that, originating in the Reformation movement, played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent in that of England, during the 17th century. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

There as a gothic church that dates from 1798, directly abutting the former tiny church of 1424. See also Gothic art. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Events August 17 - Battle of Verneuil - An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stuart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. ...

Famous people from Carnwath include Robert Anderson, and the Ordnance Gazetteer remarks that: "the minor poet, James Graeme (1749-72)" was a resident of the locality. There have been several well-known people named Robert Anderson, including: Robert Anderson (actor) (1890-1963) Robert Anderson (author) Robert Anderson (guitarist) (born 1957) Robert Anderson (screenwriter) (born 1917) Robert Anderson (soldier), namesake of Anderson County, South Carolina. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ...

External links

• www.carnwath.org.uk - a local man's page of maps and photos.
• Dunysre Holiday Camp