Drumclog Moss

The Battle of Drumclog was fought on 1 June 1679, between a group of Covenanters and the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse, at Drumclog, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Drumclog (NS 63889 38645) was a railway station on the Darvel and Strathaven Railway serving a rural area that included the village of Drumclog in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Loch Gate (NS 62389 37170), previously known as Loch Gait, was a freshwater loch, partly in the East Ayrshire Council Area and partly in South Lanarkshire, now mainly drained, near Darvel, lying in a glacial kettle hole, Parish of Galston, Scotland.

Drumclog is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Parish of Avendale and Drumclog, Scotland. The habitation is situated on the A71, between Caldermill and Priestland in East Ayrshire at a height of 196.7m and about 5 miles west of Strathaven.

Ryeland (NS 65545 40364) was a railway station on the Darvel and Strathaven Railway serving Caldermill and the surrounding rural area in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Caldermill is a small settlement in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Caldermill is 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Strathaven, and is the next settlement a driver will come across after leaving Strathaven on the A71 westbound towards Kilmarnock. It is a hamlet of just a few houses. For children raised in Caldermill, the closest primary school is Gilmourton Primary, in the nearby hamlet of Drumclog, which is 2 miles (3 km) further along the A71 towards Kilmarnock. The nearest high school is Strathaven Academy, located in the town of Strathaven.

The Trumpeter's Well at Caldermill in South Lanarkshire is recorded as the site of the death of a government trumpeter or cornet who was killed in the aftermath of the 1679 Battle of Drumclog at which the Covenanters were victorious.

Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention facility in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, near the town of Strathaven that is also known as Dungavel Castle or Dungavel House. It is operated by Mitie Care and Custody, under contract with the law-enforcement command Immigration Enforcement for its detention of immigrants for the Home Office. It is the only such facility in Scotland. The announced closure of Dungavel in September 2016 was rescinded in February 2017, with a planned replacement cancelled and Dungavel to remain open.

Corse Hill is a hill located between East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire of Scotland. With a height of 376 m (1,234 ft), it is the highest point in East Renfrewshire.

East Kilbride (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Ear, Scots: East Kirkbride) was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south of the regional capital Glasgow.

Priestland is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 121 (Census 2001) and lies on the A71, around two miles west of Loudoun Hill, ten miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty miles south of Glasgow. It is situated in a valley through which the River Irvine runs and alongside the burghs of Galston, Newmilns and Darvel (with which it borders), forms an area known as the Upper Irvine Valley (locally referred to as The Valley).

Auldhouse is a hamlet in South Lanarkshire, around 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the south of the suburban edge of East Kilbride.