It seems I haven’t written here in ages, mainly because I haven’t. On the other hand, I have continued to post a lot elsewhere, on the Bodies in the Library blog for example, plus on Flickr and LibraryThing. The only sections that’s have been used here a lot are the Doorstep pages, which concentrate on [...]
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The new blog
Posted in archaeology, blogs, history, Lanarkshire, writing, tagged blogs, Doorstep History on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
First find of the holidays
Posted in Lanarkshire, walks, tagged Bothwell Castle, Clyde Walkway, floods, River Clyde on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The school holidays are here at last so we head off for a walk round Bothwell Castle, then down onto the Clyde Walkway. Spotted an inscription commemorating the high point of the Clyde on March 12th, 1732. Not particularly interesting until you realise that the Clyde is about 10 feet away and another 10 feet [...]
Friday – accompanied
Posted in archaeology, children, family, Lanarkshire, places to go, walks, tagged country parks, Cumbernauld, Palacerigg, penguins, Vicks on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Went to Palacerigg with brother and family. My head hurts if I have to bend down so I’ve decided against doing that. Makes it awkward to tie shoelaces but I’d rather trip than feel my brain trying to push through my skull. Got to Palacerigg along some rather wonderfully crunchy roads before we found the [...]
Thursday – different bits of places seen
Posted in exploring, Lanarkshire, tagged Dunwan Hill, moorland, Strathaven, Whitelee, wind farm on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Made a more successful attempt to get out and explore today. The plan was to go to Strathaven and Stonehouse. I’ve got a long list of places to see in Stonehouse, but we’ve stopped in Strathaven a few times, looked round the castle and the graveyard. Never really looked round the town though, so we [...]
The tower in the trees
Posted in history, Lanarkshire, maps, tagged Hamilton, Motherwell, River Avon, River Clyde, Ross House on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I know it sounds like I’m back on an Enid Blyton trip, but this one is real. On numerous occasions, I’ve noticed “Ross” on the map close to Hamilton, and assumed it was a long lost house. But then recently, I saw a mention of Ross House in the present (can’t remember where unfortunately, [...]
The bump in the road – solved?
Posted in archaeology, history, Lanarkshire, walks, tagged archaeology, East Kilbride, old roads, tracks on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We went for a wee walk today and wandered past where the bump in the road would have been, so we decided to look closer. On the map aerial view there are some trees, but only at ground level was it obvious that this was a remnant of the hedging running on either side of [...]
The Morrishall Road Bump
Posted in archaeology, history, Lanarkshire, tagged boundaries, Calderglen, East Kilbride, maps, mysteries, roads on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was looking at the NLS maps site to figure out the route of an old road in East Kilbride when I noticed a bump in an otherwise straight road. When I compared it to Google maps, I realised that the line of this road matched that of Morrishall Road in Calderwood. More interesting, although [...]
Demolition
Posted in Lanarkshire on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the NLC website “Glencairn Tower to be demolished Subject to consultation with tenants” Certainly hope so.
Bothwell Castle and Dechmont Hill
Posted in archaeology, exploring, inspiration, Lanarkshire, photography, places to go, things to see, tagged Bothwell Castle, Dechmont Hill, hillforts on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Took plenty of photos at Bothwell Castle at the weekend, and despite the overcast, a quick look suggests that they’ve turned out quite well. In particular, there’s a nice green tinge from the moss that didn’t show up in bright sunshine. On the other hand, it may look terrible on the computer screen. I’ve noticed [...]
Days 24, 25 Calderglen
Posted in archaeology, enthusiasm, exploring, Lanarkshire, photography, walks, tagged Calderglen, Calderwood Castle, one a day on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Shoved the weekend together cos both days we took the kids out to have a look at the sad non-remains of Calderwood Castle. That end of Calderglen seems sadly ignored, although obviously much loved by the locals and their dogs. In particular on Sunday we met a huge black beastie called Rocko. His owner claimed [...]
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