The Monkey Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Monkey Road by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.
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The Monkey Road
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 20 May 2005
This route is signposted, at its southern end (where it leaves Burnhead Road) as '"Monkey Road" to Lanark Road'; the photo was taken not far from the wooden signpost. The unusual name is explained at Image The route is about 1.85 kilometres long, with a straight-line distance of about 1.57 kilometres, and passes Millburn Cottage and Skellyton Farm (Image); at its northern end, it meets Lanark Road at a point not far from a garden centre (Image). The tower blocks in the background are in Motherwell; my thanks to fellow Geograph contributor G Laird ( http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/27852 ), who informs me that the wide tower block visible in the background, in the left-hand half of the photo, is Glencairn Tower.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.736438
Longitude
-3.950156