Château de Craignethan

Le château de Craignethan (en anglais Craignethan Castle) est un château en ruines dans le South Lanarkshire, en Écosse. Il est situé au-dessus du Nethan, un affluent de la rivière Clyde. Le château est à 2 miles à l'ouest du village de Crossford (en), et 4.5 miles au nord-ouest de Lanark. Construit dans la première moitié du XVIe siècle, Craignethan est reconnu comme l'un des premiers exemples d'une excellente fortification contre une artillerie sophistiquée, bien que ses moyens de défense n'aient jamais été totalement testés. Le château est la dernière forteresse construite en Écosse. Craignethan est construit sur un site grandiose dominant un méandre de la rivière Nethan. Les pentes raides protégeaient le château au sud, côtés nord et est, mais le château est en fait dominée par les hauteurs à l'ouest, ce qui le rend beaucoup plus vulnérable qu'il n'y paraît. Les défenses de Craignethan sont donc concentrées dans cette direction. Le château comporte un petit donjon central, à l'intérieur d'une cour murée rectangulaire. À l'ouest se trouve une fosse profonde et au-delà, une cour extérieure, plus grande.

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Craignethan Castle

Craignethan Castle is a ruined castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located above the River Nethan, a tributary of the River Clyde, at NS816464. The castle is two miles west of the village of Crossford, and 4.5 miles north-west of Lanark. Built in the first half of the 16th century, Craignethan is recognised as an excellent early example of a sophisticated artillery fortification, although its defences were never fully tested.

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Nethan Gorge

Nethan Gorge is a natural gorge carved by the River Nethan, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Tillietudlem

Tillietudlem is a fictional castle in Walter Scott's 1816 novel Old Mortality, and a modern settlement in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Interest in Scott's novel attracted visitors to its supposed inspiration, Craignethan Castle, and a railway station built nearby was named after the fictional attraction. Houses built near the station developed into the modern hamlet of Tillietudlem, set along Southfield Road and its continuation as Corra Mill Road.

Tillietudlem railway station

Tillietudlem railway station served Tillietudlem, a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It opened in 1876 and was closed in 1951.

River Nethan

The River Nethan is a river which flows between Glenbuck in East Ayrshire and Crossford, South Lanarkshire where it feeds into the River Clyde, with the town of Lesmahagow and surrounding villages sitting on the river course. The area of woodland surrounding the River Nethan at Crossford and Auchenheath has been declared a site of special scientific interest and forms a part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve as Nethan Gorge. Craignethan Castle, a 16th-century fortification, overlooks the river.