{{Short description|Woodland in South Lanarkshire, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Cartland Craigs | alt_name = | iucn_category = | image = Cartland Craigs Sign 1.JPG | image_alt = Sign at the reserve entrance. | image_caption = Sign at the Cartland Bridge entrance to the reserve. | image_size = | map = Scotland South Lanarkshire | map_alt = Cartland Craigs is located in central South Lanarkshire, near the rural market town of Lanark. | map_caption = Cartland Craigs shown within South Lanarkshire, Scotland | map_width = | location = South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom | nearest_city = Lanark | coordinates = {{coords|55|41|2.4|N|3|47|45.6|W|display=inline, title}} | area = 10.29 hectares<ref name=story-snh>{{cite web|title=The Story of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve|url=http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/nnr/The_Reserve_Story_for_Clyde_Valley_Woodlands_NNR.pdf|work=Scotland's National Nature Reserves|publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage|accessdate=22 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127090412/http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/nnr/The_Reserve_Story_for_Clyde_Valley_Woodlands_NNR.pdf|archive-date=27 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | established = '''1953:''' ''Cartland Craigs'' is notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest <br />'''1987:''' ''Cartland Craigs'' is declared a part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve<ref name=story-snh /> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = Scottish Natural Heritage | world_heritage_site = | url = http://www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/clyde-valley-woodlands/ }}'''Cartland Craigs''' (known locally as '''Cartland Crags'''){{cn|date=November 2024}} is a woodland on the outskirts of Lanark, South Lanarkshire, in Scotland. It is a national nature reserve and is one of six areas which together form the Clyde Valley Woodlands (the other five being Cleghorn Glen, Falls of Clyde, Chatelherault, Nethan Gorge and Mauldslie Woods). The reserve is maintained by Scottish Natural Heritage.
Cartland Craigs is adjacent to Cleghorn Glen and is the smaller of the two. The footpaths merge to form a 4.5 km walk. The Cartland Bridge is at the main Lanark entrance to the reserve and the Moose Bridge is between Cartland Craigs and Cleghorn Glen.
The remains of the Castle Qua fort lie on the reserve and can be seen from the footpath.
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Category:Lanark Category:Forests and woodlands of Scotland Category:Nature reserves in Scotland Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Scotland Category:Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve
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