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Cumbernauld is a  town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was created in 1956 as a population overspill for Glasgow City. It is the seventh most populous settlement in Scotland, the largest in North Lanarkshire,

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.

Cumbernauld Castle, first build in the Norman motte and bailey style and later embellished. First owned by the Comyns, and then by the Flemings, the castle played host to the royalty of Scotland, including Mary Queen of Scots, who visited the castle and planted a yew tree at Castlecary Castle, only a mile or two away, which still grows there.

Cumbernauld also has its own airport and its used for training pilots.