2009
NS3976 : The approach to Mains of Cardross
taken 16 years ago, near to Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
The approach to Mains of Cardross
The path that enters at the bottom of the image, and which continues along the right branch of the junction, is NCN Route 7. The left branch is a short path leading to a gate beside a field. From that gate, the site of the former Mains of Cardross Farm can be seen: NS3976 : Site of Mains of Cardross Farm.
The 1:10560 OS map from 1864 shows a well, located more or less at the place where the path forks; however, there is no trace of that well now.
The 1:10560 OS map from 1864 shows a well, located more or less at the place where the path forks; however, there is no trace of that well now.
Mains of Cardross
Mains of Cardross was a farm near the River Leven, 550 metres ESE of present-day Dalmoak Farm (Young's Farm), with which its former fields are now associated.
See a Geograph article — Link — for much more on this area and its relation to the site of the Cardross residence of King Robert the Bruce.
National Cycle Network Route 7 :: NX7662
The Lochs and Glens (North) route covers 214 miles from Inverness to Glasgow. The Lochs and Glens (South) covers 193 miles from Glasgow to Carlisle via the Ayrshire coast, Kirkcudbright and Dumfries. It continues east as the Coast to Coast C2C route to Sunderland.