Quothquan

 ( Villages In South Lanarkshire ) 

Quothquan (also formerly spelled Couth-Boan, meaning "the beautiful hill"; , pronounced , meaning "the common") is a village in Libberton parish, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is northwest of Biggar, and southeast of Lanark.

To the southwest is the hill Quothquan Law, topped by the remains of a hill fort. The hill comprises two elements, one is an enclosure to the southeast which is around . The other is a lower larger annexe to the northwest, with double ramparts and a medial ditch which has mostly been filled in.

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Community facilities Quothquan has a village hall near the remains of the graveyard and the ruins of a small church. The original church was recorded in use as a schoolroom after 1724. A new church in the village was paid for in 1903 by Glasgow shipowner Sir Nathaniel Dunlop, who lived nearby.

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