Visit Carrickstone Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Carrickstone

  

Carrickstone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Carrickstone

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Carrickstone history

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Carrickstone is named after the only Roman altar still in the open air in Scotland. The stone has also been linked with Robert Bruce being the place where he reportedly set up his standard on his way to Bannockburn.

Carrickstone toponymy

The historical etymology of Carrickstone’s name is uncertain although it is now undoubtedly tied to the Roman altar. The historical name is unknown but it is linked to the altar of the Roman god.

You can visit Carrickstone places with Walkfo Carrickstone to hear history at Carrickstone’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Carrickstone has 42 places to visit in our interactive Carrickstone map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Carrickstone, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Carrickstone places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Carrickstone & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 42 audio facts unique to Carrickstone places in an interactive Carrickstone map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Carrickstone Places Map
42 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Carrickstone tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Carrickstone

  

Best Carrickstone places to visit

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Carrickstone has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Carrickstone’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Carrickstone’s information audio spots:

Carrickstone Carrickstone is on the north of the M80 and west of Cumbernauld Town Centre. The area it now occupies used to be covered by a farm.

Cumbernauld town centre Cumbernauld town centre was designed in the 1950s as a megastructure. Phase 1 was completed between 1963 and 1967, and the centre was opened by Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon in May 1967. It was expanded in 2007 by the addition of the Antonine Centre, a shopping centre linked to the older structure by walkways and lifts.

Cumbernauld Village Cumbernauld was designated a new town in 1955. The Village has a pre-mediaeval history, with a Roman settlement being built in the area due to its proximity to the Antonine Wall. After the Roman period the settlement remained and grew to such an extent that the Comyns family built their chapel there.

Kildrum Kildrum was the first area to be constructed in Cumbernauld new town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provided housing for workers at Burroughs factory at Old Inns. The main road is in the shape of an arc with residential streets leading from it.

Cumbernauld House Cumbernauld House is an 18th-century Vivido Scottish country house. It was built in 1731, to designs by William Adam, for John Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown. The house is situated on the site of (former) Cumbernault Castle, which was besieged by General Monck in 1651.

Cumbernauld Castle The Motte of the earliest castle survives, and stones of the second castle are incorporated in the present house. Cumbernauld Castle was the predecessor of Cumbernault House in the Park.

Castle Cary Castle Castle Cary Castle is 6 miles (10 km) from Falkirk in the former county of Stirlingshire, Scotland. It is located near to the site of one of the principal forts of the Roman Antonine Wall.

Red Burn The Red Burn is one of two main streams which flow out of Cumbernauld. The Scottish New Town’s name derives from the Gaelic for “the meeting of the waters”

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