a royal and parliamentary burgh of Scotland, capital of Lanarkshire, is situated on an eminence near the N. bank of the Clyde, 25 miles S.E. from Glasgow. The town, declining and deserted at the beginning of this century, has been revived since the introduction of hand-loom weaving among the inhabitants, the majority of whom are employed by the Glasgow cotton manufacturers. Lanark joins with Airdrie, Linlithgow, Hamilton, and Falkirk, in returning a member to Parliament. From a very early date it was a place of importance. Here Kenneth held a council in 978; Wallace killed Heselrig in 1297; and the Covenanters issued their proclamation in 1682. The remains of two Roman camps are distinctly traced in the neighbourhood. Pop. 5008.

Lanark, New, a manufacturing village, is situated on the N. bank of the Clyde, about a mile from the town of Lanark. It was founded by David Dale in 1783, and was afterwards improved by his son-in-law, Robert Owen the socialist, who tried to introduce his scheme of communist life into the manufactory. The inhabitants are exclusively engaged in cotton-spinning. Pop. about 1600.