BRAIDWOOD, a village, in the parish of Carluke,
Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 4 miles (N. W.)
from Lanark; containing 234 inhabitants. It is on the
great Roman Watling-strect, and was formerly a possession
of the Earls and Marquesses of Douglas. In the
vicinity, limestone and ironstone are found; and, on the
Braidwood estate, a vein of fine encrinal marble.