he Lanark District Asylum, also known as Hartwood Hospital, opened in 1895 near Shotts in North Lanarkshire. It was initially used primarily as an asylum for ‘pauper lunatics’ from local workhouses. After the founding of the National Health Service in 1948 it continued to operate as a psychiatric hospital, changing its name to Hartwood Hospital, until its closure in 1998. Within its extensive grounds was
