YIELDSHIELDS, a hamlet, in the parish of Carluke,
Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 1^ mile
(E.) from the village of Carluke; containing 66 inhabitants.
This is a small place situated nearly in the centre
of the parish, and a short distance north of the Jock's
burn, a stream tributary to the Clyde. Close to it is
the old Roman road called the Watling-street, which
passes through Clydesdale to the western extremity of
the wall of Antoninus, and intersects this parish for
several miles in a north-western direction. The course
of the road may be traced from the Roman camp near
Cleghorn, by Kilcadzow, Coldstream, and this hamlet,
onward, by Dyke, to Belston; after passing which, it
runs, by Castlehill, into the adjoining parish of Carabusnethan.
On the confines of the old red sandstone,
in this quarter, is a band of limestone, which has been
wrought near the hamlet.