Cleghorn, Scotland
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Cleghorn is a small village in South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It is north-east of the town of Lanark
Lanark
Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland. The name is believed to come from the Cumbric Lanerc meaning "clear space, glade"....

 and is in the catchment area of Lanark Grammar School
Lanark Grammar School
Lanark Grammar School is a secondary school in Lanark, Scotland. It was founded in 1183, and celebrated its octocentenary in 1983, including a visit by The Princess Anne. Notable former pupils include rally driver Colin McRae and General William Roy, a contributor to the Ordnance Survey project...

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Cleghorn Village is a small close community with about 250–300 residents, and under 50 houses.
The Mouse River runs through Cleghorn, coming down from the hills of the village of Forth
Forth
Forth is a structured, imperative, reflective, concatenative, extensible, stack-based computer programming language and programming environment...

, through Carstairs Village.

People have been staying in the area of Cleghorn for over 500 years, from wealthy land owners, to the Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

, who built roads and forts around the area.

The village of Cleghorn has only been about since the start of the last century, although there was a house near where the village now sits. The house was known as Hagholm house, which the new main through road of the village has been named after.

Cleghorn Glen
Cleghorn Glen
Cleghorn Glen Nature Reserve is a woodland which lies outside Lanark and Cleghorn in Scotland. It is one of the six Clyde Valley Woodlands, along with Cartland Craigs, Falls of Clyde, Chatelherault, Nethan Gorge and Mauldslie Woods.-References:...

 and Cleghorn Bridge are sites named after the village and are close to, but not in, it. The walkways are made up of ancient woodlands, and have great views as it winds its way from Cleghorn Bridge, to Cartland Bridge just outside Lanark
Lanark
Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland. The name is believed to come from the Cumbric Lanerc meaning "clear space, glade"....

. The Woodlands are protected, and run by National Nature Reserve
National Nature Reserve
For details of National nature reserves in the United Kingdom see:*National Nature Reserves in England*National Nature Reserves in Northern Ireland*National Nature Reserves in Scotland*National Nature Reserves in Wales...

 who protect and care for Clyde Valley Woodlands. Other places of interest are Newmills Fishery and foudation structures from the Roman
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

invasion period.
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