Monkland Canal, Woodend Loch
Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Monkland Canal, Woodend Loch
Classification Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 209712
Site Number NS76NW 68.17
NGR NS 7047 6675
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209712
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Old Monkland (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS76NW 68.17 7047 6675.
Hopkirk in 'Account of the Forth and Clyde Navigation' (1816) states that the Woodend Loch covers 56 acres, 1 rood and contains 1,142 lockfulls of water.
G Thomson 1945.
The canal was drawing water from this loch by the end of the eighteenth century.
G Hutton 1993.
This loch is clearly marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1864, sheet vii), on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1899, sheet viiNE), on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1982) and on the OS Basic Scale raster map (ND).
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 21 February 2002.