Geograph - photograph every grid square

Igneous rocks, typical of the Bathgate Hills have been cleared away into a shelterbelt to make room for arable land. Looking north.

'Courtyard group of pantiled cottages behind Victorian dormered farmhouse, on a site of some antiquity. At one time a thriving community of blacksmiths, with their own ale shop and general store' Now used for business premises... (more)

Looking east along a country lane in West Lothian.

Beyond the wood kale is being grown for sheep.

The buildings to the right are Wester Dechmont. The plantation stretches east to Dechmont Law, and the M8 is nicely hidden among the trees.

Typical West Lothian fields, with a line of trees marking the field boundary.

The farm buildings are barely visible against fading light at the far end of the field.

I thought that the bumpy ground in the distance might have indicated earlier industrial activity (there are some more pronounced rockier mounds further on, hidden from this viewpoint). However, nothing is mentioned on old maps and it is... (more)

There is still a watercourse shown here on all modern mapping, both paper and online, but there was no real trace of anything ever having been here, even with the knowledge that there used to be. There was also no sign further on, to my... (more)