WINDMILL-HILL, a village, in the parish of DalziEL,
Middle ward of the county of Lanark, 2 miles
(E. N. E.) from Hamilton; containing 225 inhabitants.
This village is situated near the parish church, on the
high road from Stewarton and Dalziel to Glasgow; and
is inhabited by persons engaged, among other occupations,
in the freestone-quarries in its immediate neighbourhood.
The stone is of a very hard and rough grain,
interspersed with quartz, and is much in request for
mantel-pieces, and for pavements for forges, being found
to withstand the effects of fire to a great degree. The
materials for building the bridge of Hamilton were procured
from these quarries.