MUIRHEAD, a village, in the parish of Cadder,
Lower ward of the county of Lanark; containing 49
inhabitants. This village is [jlcasantly seated in the southeastern
part of the parish, on the great road from Perth
to Glasgow, and a short distance south-south-west from
the village of Chryston. It retains about three acres of
the ancient common lands; and the inhabitants of both
villages have the right of commonage, and the privilege
of cutting turf from the surface as long as heath and
rushes continue to grow upon it. The inhabitants are
chiefly employed in the works at Garnkirk.