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Bonnington Linn

Waterfall (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Bonnington Linn

Classification Waterfall (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Bonnington Lynn; Falls Of Clyde; River Clyde

Canmore ID 199372

Site Number NS84SE 130

NGR NS 88336 40589

NGR Description Centred on NS 8836 40589

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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View of Bonnington Linn from downstream.
Titled 'Boniton Lin, a Fall of the Clyde, near Lanerk. From Nature & on stone by F. Nich9ls9on. Printed by Engelmann. Graf Coindet & Co.'
View of Bonnington Linn from downstream.
Titled 'Boniton Lin, a Fall of the Clyde, near Lanerk. From Nature & on stone by F. Nich9ls9on. Printed by Engelmann. Graf Coindet & Co.'General oblique aerial view looking across Bonnington Linn and Corehouse towards New Lanark and Lanark, taken from the SE.Oblique aerial view centred on Bonnington Linn, taken from the NW.View from north westBonnington Linn: view from the south.View of Bonnington Linn from south westGeneral oblique aerial view looking across Bonnington Linn and Corehouse towards New Lanark and Lanark, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on Bonnington Linn, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on Bonnington Linn, taken from the SW.View from westOblique aerial view centred on Bonnington Linn, taken from the WSW.General oblique aerial view looking over Bonnington Linn towards Corehouse and New Lanark, taken from the SSW.General oblique aerial view looking over Bonnington Linn towards Corehouse and New Lanark, taken from the SSE.
General view in snow.View of Bonnington Linn Falls.Oblique aerial view centred on Bonnington Linn, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view looking over Bonnington Linn towards Corehouse, taken from the SE.General oblique aerial view looking over Bonnington Linn towards Corehouse, taken from the ESE.View of Bonnigton Linn from the north.
Titled 'Bonniton Lynn from the North. Drawn by J. Fleming. Engraved by Joseph Swan.'View of Bonnington Linn.
Titled 'Bonniton Lynn (on the River Clyde.) T. Allom. E. Benjamin. London, Published for the Proprietors by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, 1836.'View from south westOblique aerial view centred on Bonnington Linn, taken from the WSW.Engraving of Bonnington Linn & round building above, (probably doo' cot.)
Titled ' View of Boniton Lin. P. Sandby R.A. pinx. W. Walker sculp. Published as the Act directs by G. Kearsly, No.46 Fleet Street, 2 March 1778.'View from westScanned image of engraving showing general view.Front cover illustration of the booklet, 'Harnessing the Falls of Clyde' displaying the logo of the Clyde Valley Electrical Power Company above a stylised motif of cascading water.


View from westGeneral oblique aerial view looking across Bonnington Linn and Corehouse towards the village of Kirkfieldbank, taken from the SE.View from south westGeneral oblique aerial view looking over Bonnington Linn towards Corehouse and New Lanark, taken from the SSE.

Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Lesmahagow
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Clydesdale
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

The River Clyde here forms the boundary between the parishes of Lanark and Lesmahagow.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Activities

Photographic Record (1865 - 1867)

Photograph album with photos compiled and photographed by J McGhie, Hamilton.

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