Quothquan (also formerly spelled Couth-Boan, meaning "the beautiful hill";
gd, A’ Choitcheann, pronounced , meaning "the common") is a village in
Libberton parish,
South Lanarkshire
gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas
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, Scotland.
It is northwest of
Biggar, and southeast of
Lanark
Lanark (; gd, Lannraig ; sco, Lanrik) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located 20 kilometres to the south-east of Hamilton. The town lies on the River Clyde, at its confluence with Mouse Water. In 2016, the town had a population of 9 ...
.
To the southwest is the high hill Quothquan Law, topped by the remains of a
hill fort
A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...
. The hill comprises two elements, one is an enclosure to the southeast which is around . The other is a lower larger annexe to the northwest, with double ramparts and a medial ditch which has mostly been filled in.
Community facilities
Quothquan has a village hall near the remains of the graveyard and the ruins of a small church. The original church was recorded in use as a schoolroom after 1724.
A new church in the village was paid for in 1903 by Glasgow shipowner Sir
Nathaniel Dunlop
Sir Nathaniel Dunlop (1830–1919) was a 19th-century British businessman, shipowner and philanthropist, linked to the Allan Steamship Line. He was the longest serving Chairman of the Clyde Navigation Trust. He was also the first Scottish Chairma ...
, who lived nearby.
References
Villages in South Lanarkshire
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