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Monkland Canal is a section of the eighteenth-century canal network in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, stretching between Coatbank Street and Paddock Street. The canal was engineered to serve the industrial development of the area, facilitating transport of coal, ironstone, and manufactured goods from the Monklands district. This stretch represents part of the broader Monkland Canal system, which connected to the Forth and Clyde Canal and was integral to the expansion of heavy industry in central Scotland during the Industrial Revolution. The canal's physical remains survive as an important archaeological and industrial heritage site documenting the transport infrastructure that underpinned Coatbridge's emergence as a major iron-working centre in the nineteenth century.
Monkland Canal, Coatbank Street to Paddock Street, Coatbridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11342. View the official record →
Monkland Canal is a section of the eighteenth-century canal network in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, stretching between Coatbank Street and Paddock Street. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11342.
Monkland Canal, Coatbank Street to Paddock Street, Coatbridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM11342.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Monkland Canal, Paddock Street to intersection with North Calder Water (1.2 km), Monkland Canal, Gartsherrie Branch, Summerlee (2.4 km), Monkland Canal, 200m E of Cuilhill Road to West Canal Street (2.4 km).
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