Quothquan

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{{Infobox UK place

|official_name= Quothquan

|local_name=

|country = Scotland

|population=

|population_ref=

|os_grid_reference= NS994395

|coordinates = {{coord|55.63861|-3.59972|type:landmark_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(NS994395)|display=title,inline|format=dms}}

|historic_county=

|post_town= BIGGAR

|postcode_area = ML

|postcode_district= ML12

|dial_code=

|constituency_westminster= Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

|civil_parish= Biggar

|unitary_scotland= South Lanarkshire

|lieutenancy_scotland= Lanarkshire

|constituency_scottish_parliament= Clydesdale

|static_image=File:Quothquan 01.jpg

|static_image_caption=The ruined church at Quothquan

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|edinburgh_distance=

|website=[http://www.the-malvern-hills.uk/quothquan/index.htm Quothquan village website]

}}

Quothquan (also formerly spelled Couth-Boan, meaning "the beautiful hill"; {{langx|gd|A’ Choitcheann}}, pronounced {{IPA|gd|ə ˈxɔʰtʲçən̪ˠ|}}, meaning "the common"{{cite encyclopedia

|encyclopedia=The Illustrated Gaelic Dictionary

|title=coitcheann

|volume=I |page=233

|year=1918

|last=Dwelly|first=Edward|author-link=Edward Dwelly

|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedgaeli01dweluoft/page/233/mode/1up

|via=Internet Archive

}}) is a village in Libberton parish, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.{{cite encyclopedia

|encyclopedia=A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland

|title=Quothquan

|page=399 |volume=II

|last=Lewis |first=Samuel |author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher)

|date=1846

|publisher=S. Lewis and Co.

|location=London

|url=https://archive.org/details/topographicaldv200lewi/page/399/mode/1up

|via=Internet Archive

}} It is {{convert|3 + 1/4|mi}} northwest of Biggar, and {{convert|7 + 1/2|miles}} southeast of Lanark.

To the southwest is the {{convert|1098|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} 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 {{convert|400|by|230|ft|-1}}. The other is a lower larger annexe to the northwest, with double ramparts and a medial ditch which has mostly been filled in.{{cite web |url=http://canmore.org.uk/site/47465|website=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|title=Quothquan Law|access-date= 30 January 2019}}