Gartness

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| country = Scotland

| official_name = Gartness

| gaelic_name = Gart an Easa{{cite web | url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Gaelic/placenamesF-J.pdf | title=Gaelic Placenames F-J | access-date=25 December 2014}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|56.052|-4.407|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish = Killearn

| unitary_scotland = Stirling

| lieutenancy_scotland = Stirling and Falkirk

| constituency_westminster = Stirling

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Stirling

| post_town = Glasgow

| postcode_area = G

| postcode_district = G63

| dial_code = 01360

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| static_image_caption = Entering Gartness

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Gartness is a hamlet in Stirling, Scotland. It is located 1.8 miles/2.9 km from Killearn and 3.1 miles/5 km from Drymen. Most pupils attend Killearn Primary School and senior pupils attend Balfron High School. The Endrick Water passes through the hamlet.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_cBKAQAAIAAJ&q=Gartness|title=Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries Research|date=1962|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|language=en}}

In 1572, John Napier had an estate at Gartness with his second wife, Agnes Chisholm.{{Cite web|title=Gartness from The Gazetteer for Scotland|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst814.html|access-date=2021-08-04|website=www.scottish-places.info|language=en-gb}}

Etymology

The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Gart an Easa, which means "enclosed field by the stream".{{Cite book|last=Council|first=Lanarkshire (Scotland) County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qo8EnoeIatkC&dq=Gartness&pg=PA2072|title=Minutes of the County Council and Reports and Minutes of Committees of the Council and Other Documents Submitted to the Council|date=1948|publisher=The Council|language=en}}

Facilities

Whilst the hamlet has no facilities, there is an honesty shop serving walkers on the famous West Highland Way, and Drymen Camping, a campsite along the road towards Drymen, also directly on the trail.

References

External links

[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21426 Vision of Britain - Gartness]
[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/44579/details/gartness+castle/ Canmore - Gartness Castle]
[http://caledonianmercury.com/2010/09/18/interesting-scottish-places-the-pots-of-gartness/0010720 Caledonian Mercury - The Pots of Gartness]

Category:Hamlets in Stirling (council area)