Kilsyth

Kilsyth is a town on , historically part of Lanarkshire, in the of Scotland. It's 15 miles northeast of Glasgow near the watershed between the Clyde and Forth river catchments, at a point where the natural lowland routes become pinched between the Lanarkshire moors, the abrupt Campsie Fells, and sucking bogs.
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Bar Hill Fort and Craigmarloch Stables, Forth and Clyde Canal, Kilsyth.

Archaeological site
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was a Roman fort on the in .

Ruins
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is a ruins.

Railway station
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serves the village of –…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Croy and Dullatur.

Village
is a village in , Scotland.

Village
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Kilsyth is a town on , historically part of Lanarkshire, in the of Scotland.

Village
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is a small former mining village historically…

Kilsyth

Latitude
55.9765° or 55° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
-4.056° or 4° 3′ 22″ west
Population
9,860
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB KLT
Open location code
9C7QXWGV+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 256253277
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645548
Wiki­data ID
Q1010328
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kilsyth” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيلسيث”
  • Asturian: “Kilsyth”
  • Basque: “Kilsyth”
  • Bengali: “কিলসিথ”
  • Cebuano: “Kilsyth”
  • Chinese: “基尔赛斯”
  • Dutch: “Kilsyth”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيلسيث”
  • French: “Kilsyth”
  • German: “Kilsyth”
  • Gujarati: “કિલ્સીથ”
  • Hebrew: “קילסית‘”
  • Irish: “Cill Saidh”
  • Irish: “Cill Saidhe”
  • Italian: “Kilsyth”
  • Japanese: “キルシス”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿಲ್ಸಿತ್”
  • Korean: “킬시스”
  • Lithuanian: “Kilsitas”
  • Malagasy: “Kilsyth”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kilsyth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kilsyth”
  • Norwegian: “Kilsyth”
  • Persian: “کیلسیت”
  • Polish: “Kilsyth”
  • Portuguese: “Kilsyth”
  • Russian: “Килсайт”
  • Scots: “Kilseyth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Saidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Saidhe”
  • Spanish: “Kilsyth”
  • Swedish: “Kilsyth, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Kilsyth”
  • Tamil: “கில்சியத்”
  • Telugu: “కిల్స్త్”
  • Urdu: “کیلسیتھ”
  • Welsh: “Kilsyth”
  • “Kilsyth”

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