Monkland Canal
Canal (18th Century)
Site Name Monkland Canal
Classification Canal (18th Century)
Canmore ID 201415
Site Number NS76SE 64
NGR NS 7569 6323
NGR Description From NS 7669 6253 to NS 7500 6426
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Old Monkland (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS76SE 64.00 From 7669 6253 to 7500 6426.
The complete section of this canal is shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1864, sheet viii) and on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1899, sheet viiiSW). A stretch of disused canal from NS 7669 6253 to NS 7521 6380 is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1991) and on the OS Basic Scale raster map (ND).
The canal starts as a feeder from the North Calder Water, but rapidly becomes a navigable width heading NW. It subsequently turns N, then W and gradually N again, passing a number of former coal pits and other industrial sites.
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 8 November 2001.
