Shottskirk Cemetery

Shottskirk Cemetery is a cemetery in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Shottskirk Cemetery is situated nearby to the cemetery Section D, as well as near South Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shottskirk and HM Prison Shotts.

Shottskirk

Place of worship

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Shottskirk, more commonly known as Kirk O'Shotts Parish Church, or affectionately "The M8 Church", is a local parish church located in Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and serves the village of Salsburgh, the town of Shotts and the hamlets in between.

HM Prison Shotts

Prison

HM Prison Shotts is a prison near Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a prison holding male prisoners with maximum security classification. Shotts exclusively holds prisoners serving a term of five years or longer, with some prisoners being transferred from other prisons due to a need for a more secure environment. HM Prison Shotts is situated 1½ miles southeast of Shottskirk Cemetery.

Hartwood railway station

Railway station

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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 2½ miles south of Shottskirk Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shotts and Hartwood.

Shotts

Town

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Shotts is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 16 miles from Glasgow and has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots as the real source of the name. Shotts is situated 2½ miles southeast of Shottskirk Cemetery.

Hartwood

Village

Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hartwood is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Nearby settlements include Shotts, Allanton and Bonkle. The area is rural, with fewer than 50 houses. Hartwood is situated 2½ miles south of Shottskirk Cemetery.

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. Allanton is situated 3 miles south of Shottskirk Cemetery.

Shottskirk Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.84611° or 55° 50′ 46″ north

Longitude

-3.84837° or 3° 50′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C7RR5W2+CM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 74219928

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Section D and South Cemetery.

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