Mollinsburn

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Mollinsburn
Mollinsburn, Main Road - geograph.org.uk - 2955074.jpg
Main Road, Mollinsburn
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Mollinsburn
Location within North Lanarkshire
OS grid reference NS7195571631
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Lanarkshire
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G67
Police Scotland
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UK
Scotland
55°55′16″N4°03′11″W / 55.9212°N 4.053°W / 55.9212; -4.053

Mollinsburn is a settlement in the North Lanarkshire area of Scotland. It is situated on the A80 road between Condorrat to the east and Moodiesburn to the west. The population is around 100. It used to be known as Mollinburn and the stream known as Mollins Burn joins the Luggie Water east of the village. [1]

Mollinsburn is south of the Luggie and the M80 and M73 motorways are between the river and the village - the roads converge at that point, resulting in the Mollinsburn name being used frequently in regional traffic reports.

There is a Roman fort at Mollins, 4 kilometers south of the Antonine Wall, which was discovered by aerial photography in 1977. [2] The wall passes a few miles north of Mollinsburn, the nearest forts being Croy Hill and Bar Hill.

The etymology of the name is a semi-translation of ‘Allt a' Mhuilinn’, meaning "burn of the mill". [3]

Mollinsburn to the right of the M80. Cumbernauld's Westfield can be seen to the left beside Broadwood Loch Molinsburn motorway junction from the air (geograph 5308137).jpg
Mollinsburn to the right of the M80. Cumbernauld's Westfield can be seen to the left beside Broadwood Loch

Notes

  1. "25 inch O.S. Map with zoom and Bing overlay". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. Historic Environment Scotland. "Mollins (Site no. NS77SW 6)" . Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  3. Drummond, Peter, John (2014). An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin (PDF). Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 161. Retrieved 3 July 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)