Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Plains within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Plains, vil. with ry. sta., New Monkland par., Lanarkshire, on North Calder Water, 2½ miles NE. of Airdrie, pop. 516.