Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland.
It is bounded to the north by Stirlingshire and a detached portion of Dumbartonshire, to the northeast by Stirlingshire, Linlithgowshire and Edinburghshire, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the southeast and south by Dumfriesshire, to the southwest by Dumfriesshire and Ayrshire and to the west by Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire.
Place of interest
Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high steep bank above a bend in the River Clyde between Uddingston and Bothwell in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Glasgow.
The huge cylindrical Donjon was built in the 13th century, but before the rest of the castle was completed it was severely damaged in a series of sieges. Rebuilding in the early 15th century enlarged the castle, but it was abandoned by the 18th century and became the present massive rectangular ruin, with the Donjon to the west and the later Great Hall to the east side of the rectangular central courtyard enclosed by long curtain walls. Find Hotels near Bothwell Castle - Uddingston
