skip to main content
Menu
  • Blog
    • Art & design
    • Castles
    • Cycling
    • Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh Festival
    • Food & drink
    • General
    • History
    • Music
    • Sport
    • Walking
    • Whisky
    • Wildlife
  • Castles
    • Glossary
    • Mottes
    • Stay in a castle
    • Castle blog posts
    • Alphabetical list of castles
    • Castles divided by county
    • Photos of castles
    • Castles we've visited
  • History
    • Castles
    • Ancient history
      • barrows
      • brochs
      • cairns
      • caves
      • chambered cairns
      • cists
      • crannogs
      • cursus monuments
      • forts
      • henges
      • rock art
      • sacred sites
      • souterrains
      • standing stones
      • stone circles
    • Pictish history
      • Pictish stones
      • Pictish sites
      • Pictish placenames
    • Clans
      • Surnames
      • Trace your ancestors
      • Tartan
    • Trace your ancestors
  • Culture
    • Music
      • Bands & musicians
      • Music links
    • Film
    • Television
    • Placenames
      • Pictish placenames
  • Eat
  • Drink
    • Scottish beer
    • Scottish gin
    • Scottish vodka
  • Stay
  • Travel guide
    • City guides
    • Car hire
    • Airports
  • Walking
    • Munros
    • West Highland Way
  • Photos
    • ancient sites
      • Dark Age sites
      • megalithic sites
      • other carved stones
      • Pictish sites
      • Roman sites
    • buildings
    • miscellaneous
    • places in Scotland
  • Offers
  • Home
  • history
  • castles

Thankerton (site of)

The barony of Thankerton was granted to Thancard around 1185. There is likely to have been a motte here however its exact location has been lost.

stay in a castle
  • advertisement
  • advertisement

Alternative names for Thankerton

Thankerstou; Thankertou; Thaukerstou

Where is Thankerton?

Thankerton is in the parish of Covington and Thankerton and the county of Lanarkshire.

Grid reference:NS 97500 38500

Lat / long:55.629229,-3.629518

Bing Maps | Google Maps | Historic maps (NLS) | OpenStreetMap | Ordnance Survey | PastMap | Streetmap | Wikimapia

OS Map for Thankerton

OS map 335
Lanark & Tinto Hills (Lesmahagow & Douglas)
OS Explorer map 335


Directions to Thankerton

Enter a starting point

  • advertisement

Weather at Thankerton

4°C
max 6°C / min 2°C
15km/h WSW
1031mb
83%
98%
08:17 16:36

Overcast clouds
Weather observed at Biggar at 12:05

References (books)

Power and Identity in the Middle Ages
Huw Pryce
Oxford, 2007
The Castles of Scotland
Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015

References (websites)

Canmore

Castles near Thankerton

Covington Tower

1.4km away

Quothquan (site of)

2.3km away

Netherton (possible) (site of)

2.4km away

Burnfoot (possible) (site of)

2.5km away

Eastend

2.8km away

Annieston Tower

2.9km away

Cormiston Tower (site of)

2.9km away

Shieldhill Castle

3.7km away

Carmichael (site of)

3.9km away
more castles....

Ancient sites near Thankerton

Quothquan Law fort

1.3km away

Kirk Hill (possible) fort

3.3km away

West Lindsaylands cursus

4.6km away

Calla broch

10.5km away

Wester Yardhouses souterrain

12.6km away

Harehill Knowe cairn

14.5km away

Whitslade souterrain

14.8km away

Harestanes stone circle

16.0km away

Merlin's Grave (site of) (possible) cist

16.3km away
more ancient sites....
  • Ancestry advert

Pictish stones near Thankerton

Princes Street Gardens Class I symbol stone

44.6km away

Abernethy No. 2 Class III symbol stone

44.9km away

Abernethy No. 4 Class III cross shaft

44.9km away

Borthwick Mains Class I symbol stone

52.0km away

Hawkhill Class III cross-slab

54.6km away

Tullibole Class III cross slab

62.7km away

Court Cave Class I rock carving

69.1km away

Doo Cave Class I rock carving

69.2km away

Old Kilmadock 2 Class I symbol stone

69.4km away
more Pictish stones....
  • advertisement

Pictish sites near Thankerton

Todholes (possible) silver chain

9.5km away

Borland silver chain

11.5km away

Whitecleugh silver chain

24.7km away

Whitlaw silver chain

53.1km away

Haddington silver chain

64.4km away

Traprain Law silver chain

70.9km away

Norrie's Law hoard

81.5km away

Hoardweel silver chain

84.1km away

Dunnicaer fort

172.6km away
more Pictish sites....
  • Sixt Car Rental

Accommodation near Thankerton

Tinto House Hotel
hotel, restaurantBiggar
3.2km away
Shieldhill Castle Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barBiggar
3.7km away
Elphinstone Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantBiggar
6.8km away
Toftcombs Mansion House
self-cateringBiggar
7.8km away
New Lanark Mill Hotel
hotelLanark
10.3km away
New Lanark SYHA Hostel
hostelLanark
10.4km away
Best Western Cartland Bridge Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barLanark
12.0km away
Days Inn Abington
hotelAbington
14.3km away
Abington Hotel
hotel, restaurantAbington
15.6km away
Drochil Castle Farmhouse
bed and breakfastWest Linton
19.4km away

Accommodation search

(leave blank to view all)
Accommodation type
bed and breakfasts
campsites
castles
holiday parks
hostels
hotels
self-catering apartments
self-catering cottages
self-catering lodges
spas
  • advertisement
more accommodation....

Cafés, restaurants & bars near Thankerton

Carmichael Visitor Centre and Farm Shop
caféCarmichael
2.7km away
Tinto House Hotel
hotel, restaurantBiggar
3.2km away
Shieldhill Castle Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barBiggar
3.7km away
Elphinstone Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantBiggar
6.8km away
Best Western Cartland Bridge Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barLanark
12.0km away
Abington Hotel
hotel, restaurantAbington
15.6km away
Dawyck Café
caféStobo
19.5km away
Stobo Castle
hotel, restaurantStobo
19.8km away
Whitmuir The Organic Place
café, restaurantWest Linton
25.0km away
Best Western Hilcroft Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barWhitburn
26.6km away
more food.... / more drink....

Related pages

Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
Dunbar harbour and castle
Dunbar harbour and castle
Published on the 11th of May 2020 at 10:21 am. Updated on the 11th of May 2020 at 10:28 am.

Leave a comment

back to the top of the page

Connect with us

Like us on Facebook

Receive our newsletter

Follow us on Twitter

Tweets by Stravaig_Aboot
  • Staysure travel insurance

Quick links

Stay in a Scottish castle
Edinburgh Festival accommodation
Hotels in Scotland
Car hire in Scotland
Places to eat and drink in Scotland
Castles in Scotland
Trace your Scottish ancestors
Scottish clans
Standing stones in Scotland
The Picts
Pictish symbol stones
Pictish placenames
Scottish bands and musicians
Scottish films
Scottish TV shows
West Highland Way

About

Andy Sweet above Fast Castle

Stravaiging around Scotland is written, photographed and researched by Andy Sweet.
read more....

Cookies

To make this site work properly we use cookies to store information on your computer. Click here to read more.
© 2003 - 2023 Andy Sweet / Stravaiging around Scotland. Powered by WordPress. Hosted by Tsohost.