Carmunnock is a conservation

Conservation area

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 village within the City of Glasgow boundary, lying within three miles of East Kilbride

East Kilbride

East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area, in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. Designated as Scotland's first new town in 1947, it forms part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation...

 and Rutherglen

Rutherglen

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 in South Lanarkshire, and Busby, East Renfrewshire

Busby, East Renfrewshire

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This ancient settlement which is associated with the early Christian

Christian

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 missionary Saint Cadoc

Cadoc

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, has a medieval street plan set within the lands of an estate held by variously the Morays of Bothwell

Clan Murray

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, the Earls of Douglas

Earl of Douglas

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 and eventually to the Lords, Marquesses and Dukes of Hamilton

Duke of Hamilton

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 until 1700 when it passed to the Stuarts of Castlemilk

Castlemilk

Castlemilk is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies to the south of the city adjacent to Rutherglen, Croftfoot, Simshill and the separate village of Carmunnock...

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The village is a popular residential area. The village has its own primary school and a Covenanters' church, which was built in 1767. It contains fine examples of stained glass by Norman Macleod MacDougall. It is surrounded by the old village graveyard which includes a watch-house with original instructions for grave watchers of 1828, when grave robbing was a problem. Within the structure of the church is a vault where some members of the Stirling-Stewart family (Lairds of Castlemilk) are buried.There is also a newsagent/village shop, a petrol station, a teashop, a pharmacy and a restaurant.

The village's only public transport link is the number 31/131 bus service operated by First Glasgow

First Glasgow

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 to Milton and East Kilbride. The nearest train station is at Busby, which is on the East Kilbride line.

Etymology

Carmunnock is of Brythonic origin, from Celtic

Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...

caer "fort" with an unknown second element. The name was recorded as Cerminok in 1183.