Carrickstone
{{Short description|Area of Cumbernauld, Scotland}}
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File:The Carrick Stone - geograph.org.uk - 3585229.jpg
File:Carrickstone water tower - geograph.org.uk - 6049.jpg
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Carrickstone is an area of Cumbernauld, Scotland. It is on the north of the M80 and west of Cumbernauld Town Centre. The area it now occupies used to be covered by Carrickstone farm with the 25 inch Ordnance Survey map showing it between an ancient "standing stone"{{Canmore |num=45818 |desc=Carrickstone|access-date=2009-04-02}} and The Village.{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch Map 1892-1949|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=55.9620&lon=-3.9912&layers=168&b=1|website=zoomable map with Bing transparency overlay|publisher=National Library of Scotland|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
Toponymy
The historical etymology of Carrickstone's name is uncertain although it is now undoubtedly tied to the Roman altar.{{cite book|last1=Drummond|first1=Peter, John|title=An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin|date=2014|publisher=Glasgow University|location=Glasgow|page=226|url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5270/1/2014DrummondPhD.pdf#page=227|accessdate=3 July 2017}}
History
Carrickstone is named after the only Roman altar still in the open air in Scotland.{{cite web|title=Roman altar, near (sic) Cumbernauld|url=https://vimeo.com/98561642|accessdate=21 October 2017}}{{cite web|title=HAZARD INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS CARRICK STONE: ALTAR|url=http://www.antoninewall.org/system/files/documents/HE%20Carrick%20Stone%20-%20Altar.pdf|website=Frontiers of the Roman Empire|accessdate=13 October 2017}} John Watson in the New Statistical Account of Scotland described the stone long before the modern settlement took shape.{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=John|title=The new statistical account of Scotland|date=1845|publisher=W. Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|pages=141–142|edition=Vol 8|url=https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/n167/mode/2up/search/carrickstone|accessdate=14 February 2018}} The stone has also been linked with Robert Bruce, being the place where he reportedly set up his standard on his way to Bannockburn.{{cite news|last1=Grant|first1=Clare|title=Saga of the Carrick Stone|url=http://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/saga-of-the-carrick-stone-1-353808|accessdate=13 October 2017|agency=Cumbernauld News|date=2 April 2003}} There is a some evidence that coffins were laid on top of the stone on their way to the cemetery in Kirkintilloch{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Thomas|title=Kirkintilloch, town and parish|date=1894|publisher=J. Smith|location=Glasgow|page=121|url=https://archive.org/stream/kirkintillochtow00wats#page/121/mode/1up|accessdate=13 October 2017}} and that the stone has been somewhat worn away.{{cite book|last1=Donelly|first1=W. A.|title=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland|date=1892|publisher=Neill & Co.|location=Edinburgh|pages=228–230|url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingssoci23scotgoog#page/n274/mode/2up|accessdate=13 October 2017}} Several old documents show Carrickstone including maps by Charles Ross,{{cite web|title=Ross' map with Carikston|url=http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400219|website=NLS|accessdate=27 January 2018}} and William Roy.{{cite web|title=Roy's map of the Lowlands|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=13&lat=55.9768&lon=-3.9789&layers=4&b=1|website=NLS|accessdate=27 January 2018}}
File:Cumbernauld from the air (geograph 4998799).jpg from the air between Eastfield Road and the M80. The Forth and Clyde canal is to the left with the railway between it and Cumbernauld Town Centre to the right. Further north is Carrickstone beyond which the M80 divides Wardpark in two.]]
