Swaites Hill

Hill, Mountain in Lanarkshire

Scotland

Swaites Hill

Cloburn Quarry from Carmichael Hill Cairngryffe Hill on the opposite side of the A73 has been extensively quarried.
Cloburn Quarry from Carmichael Hill Credit: Alan O'Dowd

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Cloburn Quarry from Carmichael Hill Cairngryffe Hill on the opposite side of the A73 has been extensively quarried.
Cloburn Quarry from Carmichael Hill
Cairngryffe Hill on the opposite side of the A73 has been extensively quarried.
Cloburn Quarry from the air Bright red granite is quarried at Cloburn and shipped around the world.

Quarry web site : <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.cloburn.co.uk/About" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.cloburn.co.uk/About">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> .
Cloburn Quarry from the air
Bright red granite is quarried at Cloburn and shipped around the world. Quarry web site : LinkExternal link .
Cloburn Quarry from the air Bright red granite is quarried at Cloburn and shipped around the world.

Quarry web site : <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.cloburn.co.uk/About" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.cloburn.co.uk/About">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> .
Cloburn Quarry from the air
Bright red granite is quarried at Cloburn and shipped around the world. Quarry web site : LinkExternal link .
The Carstairs meanders from the air The State Hospital is on the left, Carnwath in the distance. The two branches of the West Coast Main Line railway from Carstairs Junction can also be seen.
The Carstairs meanders from the air
The State Hospital is on the left, Carnwath in the distance. The two branches of the West Coast Main Line railway from Carstairs Junction can also be seen.
Cloburn Quarry from the air Bright red granite is quarried at Cloburn and shipped around the world.

Quarry web site : <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.cloburn.co.uk/About" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.cloburn.co.uk/About">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> .
Cloburn Quarry from the air
Bright red granite is quarried at Cloburn and shipped around the world. Quarry web site : LinkExternal link .
Cloburn Quarry from the air Bright red granite is quarried at Cloburn and shipped around the world.

Quarry web site : <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.cloburn.co.uk/About" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.cloburn.co.uk/About">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> .
Cloburn Quarry from the air
Bright red granite is quarried at Cloburn and shipped around the world. Quarry web site : LinkExternal link .
Cottages, Pettinain
Cottages, Pettinain
Churchyard wall, Pettinain The church stands at the top of a steep bank which drops down to the Pettinain Burn.
Churchyard wall, Pettinain
The church stands at the top of a steep bank which drops down to the Pettinain Burn.
Swaites Farm and Covington Road
Swaites Farm and Covington Road
Former pond at Heatheryhall Old OS maps mark this as a pond but it is now so clogged with vegetation that it is barely recognisable.
Former pond at Heatheryhall
Old OS maps mark this as a pond but it is now so clogged with vegetation that it is barely recognisable.
Black sheep at Eastgate Tinto Hill in the distance.
Black sheep at Eastgate
Tinto Hill in the distance.
Stubble field near Heatheryhall
Stubble field near Heatheryhall
Pettinain Parish Church Dates from the late seventeenth century. Not now in regular use. <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.srct.org.uk/index.php/our-churches/pettinain-church" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.srct.org.uk/index.php/our-churches/pettinain-church">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Pettinain Parish Church
Dates from the late seventeenth century. Not now in regular use. LinkExternal link
Recent housing at Pettinain Seen from the churchyard.
Recent housing at Pettinain
Seen from the churchyard.
Headstones in the churchyard, Pettinain
Headstones in the churchyard, Pettinain
Pettinain Parish Church Dates from the late seventeenth century. The chimney is a nineteenth century addition. Not now in regular use. <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.srct.org.uk/index.php/our-churches/pettinain-church" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.srct.org.uk/index.php/our-churches/pettinain-church">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Pettinain Parish Church
Dates from the late seventeenth century. The chimney is a nineteenth century addition. Not now in regular use. LinkExternal link
Pasture between Westraw and Bagmoors A line of old trees indicates an old field boundary.
Pasture between Westraw and Bagmoors
A line of old trees indicates an old field boundary.
Track junction at Westraw The house here was once the property of the Earl of Hyndford, a title which became extinct in 1817 with the death of the sixth earl.
Track junction at Westraw
The house here was once the property of the Earl of Hyndford, a title which became extinct in 1817 with the death of the sixth earl.
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Swaites Hill is located at Grid Ref: NS9541 (Lat: 55.654599, Lng: -3.667574)

Unitary Authority: South Lanarkshire

Police Authority: Lanarkshire

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