Cartland Craigs (known locally as Cartland Crags) is a woodland on the outskirts of Lanark,

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, in Scotland. It is a national nature reserve and is one of six areas which together form the

Clyde Valley Woodlands The Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve (NNR) comprises six separate woodland sites in the Clyde Valley region of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. These six sites are located along a 12 km section of the River Clyde and its tributari ...

(the other five being

Cleghorn Glen Cleghorn Glen is a site of special scientific interest which lies outside Lanark and Cleghorn in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is one of the six ancient woodlands, along with Cartland Craigs, Falls of Clyde, Chatelherault, Nethan Gorge and ...

, Falls of Clyde, Chatelherault,

Nethan Gorge Nethan Gorge is a natural gorge carved by the River Nethan, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a ...

and

Mauldslie Woods Mauldslie Woods is an area of woodland close to the town of Carluke, South Lanarkshire. It is one of six woodlands which form the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve, the others being Cartland Craigs, Chatelherault, Cleghorn Glen, ...

). The reserve is maintained by Scottish Natural Heritage. Cartland Craigs is adjacent to Cleghorn Glen and is the smaller of the two. The footpaths merge to form a 4.5 km walk. The

Cartland Bridge Cartland Bridge is a road bridge on the A73 north-west of Lanark, South Lanarkshire which spans the Mouse Water, a tributary of the River Clyde. The three-span bridge was built in 1822, to designs by the engineer Thomas Telford. It is notable ...

is at the main Lanark entrance to the reserve and the

Moose Bridge The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult ma ...

is between Cartland Craigs and Cleghorn Glen. The remains of the

Castle Qua Castle Qua (also known as Castle Quaw or Castle-dykes) is the name given to an earthwork found in the Cartland Craigs National Nature Reserve near Lanark, South Lanarkshire. It is site number NS84SE 1 in the records of the Royal Commission on the ...

fort lie on the reserve and can be seen from the footpath.

References

Lanark Forests and woodlands of Scotland Nature reserves in Scotland Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Scotland Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve {{Scotland-SSSI-stub