QUOTHQUAN, a village, in the parish of Libberton,
Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 9, miles
(S.) from Libberton village; containing 160 inhabitants.
This place, also written ('outh-Boan, derives its name
from Quothquan Law, a delightful hill in its vicinity,
rising about 600 feet above the river Clyde, and green to
its very summit. The lands around formerly constituted
a parish, which was united in 1660 to the parish
of Libberton: the church is demolished. The village is
pleasantly situated on the east of the Clyde, which separates
the parish from that of Covington. On the Law
is a large rough stone, hollowed in the middle, and called
" Wallace's Chair", in which, it is said. Sir William
Wallace held conferences with bis followers before the
battle of Biggar.