Visit Carstairs Places

Welcome to Visit Carstairs Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Carstairs

  

Carstairs Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Carstairs

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Carstairs history

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A Roman fort was built at Castledyke in the first and second century AD. A later military castle occupied the site from at least the 12th century, known as Carstairs Castle. A parish school was opened in 1619, and by 1754 William Roy recorded a sizeable farming village. Carstairs was made a burgh of barony in 1765. The mansion of Carstairs House was built in 1821–24 for Henry Montheith.

Carstairs etymology

The name Carstairs is Brittonic in origin. The first part of the name is the element cajr, of which the primary sense is an enclosed, defensible site. The second part is a lost stream-name, identical in origin to the Tarras Water in Dumfriesshire.

You can visit Carstairs places with Walkfo Carstairs to hear history at Carstairs’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Carstairs has 8 places to visit in our interactive Carstairs 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 Carstairs, 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 Carstairs places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Carstairs & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 8 audio facts unique to Carstairs places in an interactive Carstairs map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Carstairs Places Map
8 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Carstairs historic spots	Carstairs tourist destinations	Carstairs plaques	Carstairs geographic features
Walkfo Carstairs tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Carstairs

  

Best Carstairs places to visit

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

Carstairs House Carstairs House, also known as Monteith House, is a country house 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-west of Carstairs South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The house is protected as a category A listed building.

Pettinain Pettinain is a hamlet and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 7 miles (11 km) east of Lanark. Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of the British Isles described the hamlet in 1887 as “par., 3900 ac., pop. 360; vil., 3 miles S. of Carstairs Junction”

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Visit Carstairs plaques