Monkland Canal, Gartsherrie Branch, Summerlee West Basin
Canal Basin (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Monkland Canal, Gartsherrie Branch, Summerlee West Basin
Classification Canal Basin (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 205411
Site Number NS76NW 66.05
NGR NS 7299 6557
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/205411
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Old Monkland (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS76NW 66.05 7299 6557.
This small basin on the SW side of the canal, just E of several small branches of the Caledonian Railway serving the Summerlee Iron Works, is clearly visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1864, sheet vii) and on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1899, sheet viiSE).
In the North Lanarkshire Archives, Cumbernauld (Drumpellier Estate Papers, U1 11/92, 2 January 1834) is a plan showing a piece of ground said to have been offered by Mr. McBrayne to the canal for a quay at this location and likely to have been built by the basin.
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 10 January 2002.