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Failte! It is
in The Clyde Valley, The Garden of Scotland.
You are Exploring
Scotland - The Clyde Valley
and
visiting Strathaven.
• Barrhead
• Biggar
• Carluke
• Carmichael
• Carnwath
• Coatbridge
• Cumbernauld
• Douglas
• Eaglesham
• East Kilbride
• Giffnock
• Glasgow
• Gourock
• Hamilton
• Kilsyth
• Lanark
• Lochwinnoch
• Motherwell
• New Lanark
• Port Glasgow
• Renfrew
• Shotts
• Stonehouse
• Strathaven
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The heritage site about Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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Strathaven
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welcomes you to The Clyde Valley, Scotland. Enjoy your visit.
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Strathaven Common Green.
Strathaven
is a historic market town and lies in the valley of the River Avon.
The town has been the focus of market activity in the Avon Valley for
many years - in fact, it was awarded burgh status over five hundred
years ago, in 1450.
Strathaven
Castle. |
Markets
in Strathaven were traditionally held on Strathaven Common Green
(pictured above), making the green the focal point for the burgh
and the surrounding area. The Green is still a prominent feature
of Strathaven today.
As
well as the importance of the town's market and the farming that
exists in the surrounding area, Strathaven also later became a
significant centre for the Avon Valley weaving industry.
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Strathaven
Castle
(pictured above) was built in the Seventeenth Century and was home to
the Earl of Douglas. Later,
the castle also became a home for the Dukes of Hamilton.
Today Strathaven Castle is open to visitors all year round.
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Lewis Grassic Gibbon In Chris
Guthrie, a woman whose love for the land conflicts with her desire to
escape the narrow horizons of rural life, Lewis Grassic Gibbon created
one of the most convincing heroines of twentieth-century literature.
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