What psychiatric hospital is located in the historic village of Carstairs?
Carstairs Carstairs ( , Scottish Gaelic: "Caisteal Tarrais") is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Carstairs is located 5 mi east of the county town of Lanark and the West Coast Main Line runs through the village. The village is served by Carstairs railway station, which is served by the Caledonian Sleeper to and from London Euston. Carstairs is best known as the location of the State Hospital. Carstairs is applied to the places Carstairs Village and the village of Carstairs Junction where the railway station is situated. The two places are two completely different villages divided by 1 mi of land, a parkland area (Monteith Park) and the railway line.
Steven Carstairs Lindsay Steven Carstairs FRCR (1919-1998) was a Scottish radiologist. Born in Glasgow, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War and was present at the D-Day landings. He was associated with the Royal Northern Hospital for most of his career where he became a consultant radiologist. He was a fellow of the British Medical Association and, in retirement, curator of the museum of the Royal College of Radiologists.