Lanark
the county town of Lanarkshire, Scotland; on a slope near the Clyde; 33 miles S. W. of Edinburgh. It has some weaving and other industries; pop. about 5,900. NEW LANARK, 1½ miles S. by W., is a small manufacturing village founded in 1783 by David Dale, and for 28 years the scene of the social experiments of his son-in-law, Robert Owen. a