East Lodge, Murdostoun Castle

East Lodge, Murdostoun Castle is a building in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. East Lodge, Murdostoun Castle is situated nearby to the village Bonkle, as well as near the forest Muiredge Wood.

Type: Building
Description: gatehouse in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “East Lodge” and “Murdostoun Castle, East Lodge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hartwood railway station and Hartwood Hospital.

Hartwood railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hartwood railway station is a railway station serving Hartwood in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the Shotts Line, 19 miles east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh Waverley. Hartwood railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of East Lodge, Murdostoun Castle.

Hartwood Hospital

Ruins

Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hartwood Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in the village of Hartwood near the town of Shotts in Scotland. Hartwood Hospital is situated 1¼ miles northeast of East Lodge, Murdostoun Castle.

Cleland railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cleland railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cleland, near Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Built on the Cleland and Midcalder Line it was originally named 'Omoa', after the nearby ironworks, until Cleland on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway closed in 1930. Cleland railway station is situated 2 miles west of East Lodge, Murdostoun Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bonkle and Allanton.

Bonkle

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bonkle is a village 3 miles north-east of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is sited on the east bank of the South Calder Water. Murdostoun Castle is located nearby.

Allanton

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Allanton is a village on the A71, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Allanton Colliery was the last colliery to be built and the first colliery to be taken over by the National Coal Board in 1951.