Gazetteer of Scotland

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Clathick, and Strowan ; chief antiquities
are barrows, vestiges of Roman works,
and remains of a castle said to have be-
longed to the Red Comyn ; and a prominent
object is a lofty obeliskal monument to Sir
David Baird, on site of castle of the Earls
of Strathearn on Tomnachastle eminence.
The church contains 600 sittings, and the
public school has about 164 scholars.
MONKCASTLE, seat in Kilwinning
parish, Ayrshire.
MONKLAND, seat and ancient barony
in middle ward of Lanarkshire. The seat
is 1-J- mile south of Airdrie ; and the
barony belonged to the monks of New-
battle, took its name from them, and was
divided in 1640 into the two parishes of
.New Monkland and Old Monkland.
MONKLAND CANAL, canal commencing
at North Calder river, traversing Monk-
land ancient barony, sending off branches
there to public works, and going north-
westward thence into junction with Forth
and Clyde Canal at Port - Dundas,
Glasgow.
MONKLAND (NEW), village and parish
in middle ward of Lanarkshire. The
village stands 1^ mile north-west of
Airdrie, and has a church with 1200 sit-
tings, and a public school with about 124
scholars. Pop. with Glenmavis, 369.
— The parish contains also Airdrie
town, Rawyards, Drumgelloch, and
Clarkston suburbs, Arden, Greengairs,
Langrigg, and Roughrigg villages, part
of Coatdyke town, and part of Garnqueen
village. Its length is 9 miles ; its greatest
breadth 6 miles ; its area 19,885 acres.
Real property of landward parts in
1880-81, £66,159. Pop. of the whole,
quoad civilia, 27,816 ; quoad sacra, 8284.
The surface is chiefly tabular, with slopes
to the south-east and north-west, lies
mostly at elevations of from 600 to 700
feet above sea-level, and is to a great
extent mossy. The mineral wealth, in
coal, ironstone, and limestone, is very
great, and maintains a large amount of
industry and export. Chief seats are
Airdrie House, Monkland, Rochsoles, and
Auchingray. Fourteen places of worship
are in Airdrie, a quoad sacra rjarockial
church is at Clarkston, chapels-of-ease are
at Greengairs and Meadowfield, and a Free
church is at Greengairs. Ten schools for
2141 scholars are in the parts outside
of Airdrie burgh, and 7 of them and
enlargements for 1915 are new.
MONKLAND (OLD), parish, containing
Coatbridge, Baillieston, and Rosehall
towns, Gartsherrie, Langloan, High Sunny-
side, and Whifflet suburbs, Bargeddie,
Dykehead, Braehead, Carmyle, Clyde-
Ironworks, Cuilhill, Faskine, Palacecraig,
Swinton, Merrystone, and Woodhall
villages, and parts of Calderbank, Coat-
dyke, and Tollcross towns, in middle ward
of Lanarkshire. Its length is 8 miles ; its
greatest breadth 4$ miles ; its area 10,935
acres. Real property in 1SS0-S1,
£160,014. Pop., quoad civilia, 37,323;
quoad sacra, 13,471. The surface is
fertile champaign, mostly flat or gently
undulated. The mineral wealth in
carboniferous rocks, and the industries
arising from it are very great. Chief
estates are Gartsherrie, Drumpellier,
Rosehall, Calderbank, Calderpark, Fas-
kine, Cairnhill, Daldowie, Breadiesholm,
and Carmyle. The churches are 7 Estab-
lished, 5 Free, 2 United Presbyterian,
and 6 of other denominations. There are
26 schools for 5545 scholars, and 2 of
them and enlargements for 911 are new.
MONKLAND RAILWAYS, the Monkland
and Kirkintilloch, the Ballochney, and
the Slamannan, constructed chiefly for
mineral traffic from Coatbridge, Airdrie,
Kirkintilloch, Bathgate, and Borrows-
townness, and now part of the North
British system.
MONKLAW, hill and Roman camp in
Jedburgh parish, Roxburghshire.
MONKMIRE, lake on mutual border of
Blairgowrie and Bendochy parishes, Perth-
shire.
MONKRIGG, seat, li mile south-south-
east of Haddington.
MONKS, burn, with falls, entering the
North Esk in Penicuick parish, Edin-
burghshire.
MONKS, burn, entering Douglas river
in Douglas parish, Lanarkshire.
MONK'S FORD, place on the Tweed
near Old Melrose, Roxburghshire.
MONK'S HOUSE, remains of monastic
establishment in Stromness parish, Orkney.
MONK'S MOSS, section of Collessie
parish, Fife.
MONKSTADT, old seat, scene of incident
in life of Flora Macdonald and Prince
Charles Edward, in Kilmuir parish, Isle
of Skye.
MONKSTON, modern village in Monk's
Moss, Collessie parish, Fife.
MONK'S WELL, fine spring, with sur-
mounting pillar, in Ladykirk parish,
Berwickshire.
MONKTON, village and parish on coast
of Kyle, Ayrshire. The village stands
about a mile from the shore, 3J miles
north-east of Ayr, and has a post office
under Ayr, a railway station, Established
and Free churches, and a public school
with about 114 scholars. Pop. 354.— The
parish contains also Prestwick town,
measures 3f miles by 3^, and comprises
3769 acres. Real property in 1879-80,
£14,513. Pop. 2121. The coast is low,
flat, and sandy, and the interior rises so
slightly from it as almost to appear a dead
level. Coal has been largely worked.
Chief seats are Fairfield, Orangefield, and
Adamton ; and chief antiquities are two
disused old parochial churches, and ruins
of a leper's hospital. A public school is at
Prestwick.
MONKTONHALL, village on the Esk, 1
mile north of Musselburgh, Edinburgh-
shire.