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Cumbernauld's history stretches to Roman times, with a settlement near the Antonine Wall. The Antonine wall was the furthest and most northerly boundary of the Roman Empire. The security that the wall gave from possibly hostile tribes to the north probably allowed the foundation of a settlement. A rural population grew in the area where Cumbernauld's housing estates now stand, with the centre points being Cumbernauld House (near the site of Cumbernauld Castle) and Cumbernauld Village nearby.

Motherwell (Tobar na Màthar in Gaelic) and (Motherwill in local Scots) is a large town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, south east of Glasgow. The town was a burgh from 1865 until it merged with the burgh of Wishawin 1920. Motherwell was noted as the steel production capital of Scotland, nicknamed Steelopolis, with its skyline dominated by the water tower and three cooling towers of the Ravenscraig steel plant which closed in 1992. The Ravenscraig plant had one of the longest continuous casting, hot rolling, steel production facilities in the world before it was decommissioned. The closure of Ravenscraig signalled the end of large scale steel making in Scotland.

Airdrie Airdrie town centre has changed much in the last 10 years with a new road scheme and a shift in emphasis with the type of shopping it offers. Graham Street, the main pedestrian street, has recently been refurbished and has had the pedestrian precinct area upgraded. New housing complexes are being built around this suitably situated commuter town and notably in Chapelhall, Rochsoles and Glenmavis, the former Boots factory site in Rawyards and the former Imperial Tube Works in Cairnhill.

Coatbridge the area around Coatbridge was described in the 1799 Statistical Account as an "immense garden" and "orchard". It was not until the 1830s that the character of the district began to change from a rural landscape of small hamlets and farmhouses to a crowded industrial town. The town was further described in the late 19th century: Coatbridge is home to Scotland's First College. Today Coatbridge College meets the needs of the people who live in North Lanarkshire, particularly Coatbridge and Airdrie. With more than 100 years of history, Coatbridge is the oldest College in Scotland and has over 250 members of staff and over 4,000 students come here to study each year.

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