SUMMERLEE, a village, in the parish of Old-Monkland,
Middle ward of the county of Lanark, 2
miles (W. N. W.) from Airdrie; containing 6'2.5 inhabitants.
This village is situated in tiie eastern part of the
parish, in a district abounding in coal and ironstone;
and is the seat of several blast-furnaces, in connexion
with which the population is almost exclusively employed.
Messrs. Wilson and Company arc proprietors
of the great iron-works here; and this village and
Gartsherrie are the only places of the many in the
parish where similar works are carried on, in which
the furnaces are not in operation on the Sabbath-day.
A great quantity of the Rochsilloch ironstone, so well
known for its excellence, is wrought by the Summerlee
Company; and a white freestone is quarried in the
neighbourhood, chiefly for their use.