|
Mains of Cardross Canal
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
This watercourse extends for several hundred metres, close to the present-day... (more)
|
|
Cycle path crossing flooded field
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
Category: National Cycle Network route
The River Leven is the only river flowing from Loch Lomond; if, when swollen... (more)
|
|
Footpath beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3978
Category: Footpath
The river is to the right of the path, at the foot of a steep slope. The... (more)
|
|
The former Pillanflatt
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
Category: Field
The "Atlas of Scotland" (published by Joan Blaeu in 1654, but based on... (more)
|
|
Mound beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
Category: Mound
This large rounded mound, which stands on the eastern bank of the River Leven,... (more)
|
|
Footpath beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath
|
|
Footpath beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath junction
To the left of the path is one of the areas of marshland that can be found... (more)
|
|
The Howgate
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
Category: Track
Visible on the left is a surviving portion of the southern wall of the former... (more)
|
|
Mound beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
|
|
Walkway leading to SUDS pond
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Walkway
The walkway leads from the site of the Lomondgate development towards a... (more)
|
|
The former site of Dalquhurn House
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
Category: Construction site
In the area shown here, demolition of the few remaining buildings from the old... (more)
|
|
Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
by Lairich Rig
for square NS3976
Category: Wild flowers
This native species, with its distinctive flowerheads, is common in this area of... (more)
|
|
Top of embankment
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3975
Category: Embankments
|
|
Footpath beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath
The photograph was taken from beside the signpost and footpath junction that are... (more)
|
|
Mound beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
Category: Mound
The large rounded mound shown in this image has a distinctly man-made... (more)
|
|
Structure beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Tower
|
|
Fisherwood Pumping Station
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3981
Category: Pumping station
|
|
The lade near Rosshead
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3981
|
|
Walkway leading from SUDS pond
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Walkway
The walkway leads from a NS3976 : SUDS pond, and is made of the same material as... ( more)
|
|
Footpath beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath
This is a view from the signpost and footpath junction that are shown in... (more)
|
|
The Howgate
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
Category: Track
|
|
Warehouse Staining Fungus
by Lairich Rig
for square NS3980
Category: Fungi
|
|
River Leven footpath
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath
At this point, the footpath closely follows the boundary of a golf course.
|
|
Footpath on eastern bank of the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath
There is a small tunnel, just north of this point, which provides a pedestrian... (more)
|
|
SUDS pond
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Pools
This is a SUDS (or SuDS: Sustainable Drainage System) pond, part of a system for... (more)
|
|
Whiteleys Burn
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Burn
The photograph was taken from a wooden footbridge on NCN Route 7. At this point,... (more)
|
|
Structure beside the River Leven
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Tower
|
|
Leaf galls on rowan
by Lairich Rig
for square NS3878
Category: Galls
|
|
Path to Overburn Avenue
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath
This start of this short route (500 yards long) is signposted at the junction... (more)
|
|
Footpath to Overburn Avenue
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath
The photograph was taken from the footpath junction that is shown in... (more)
|
|
Remains of quarry's washing plant
by Lairich Rig
for square NS3976
Category: Ruins
The section of wall that is visible in the undergrowth in the right-hand side of... (more)
|
|
Site of Mains of Cardross Farm
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Farm
This photograph shows the site of the former Mains of Cardross Farm, as seen... (more)
|
|
SUDS pond at Lomondgate
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
A comparison with another picture – NS3976 : SUDS pond – taken a little under two years... ( more)
|
|
SUDS pond
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
|
|
SUDS pond
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
This sustainable drainage system is intended to serve the Lomondgate development... (more)
|
|
National Cycle Network gates
by Barbara Carr
geograph for square NS3977
West of the River Leven, south of Renton. (I felt temporarily quite lost here,... (more)
|
|
Former site of crane
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: River bank
The first-edition OS map (c.1860) shows a brickworks not far to the north-west... (more)
|
|
Cycle Route 7 at Mains of Cardross
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: National Cycle Network route
|
|
Cycle Route 7 at Mains of Cardross
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: National Cycle Network route
For a view of the part of the track that lies just ahead, and for further... (more)
|
|
Cycle path, north of railway bridge
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3975
Category: National Cycle Network route
This is part of NCN Route 7, just north of the point where it passes under... (more)
|
|
The approach to Mains of Cardross
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Footpath junction
The path that enters at the bottom of the image, and which continues along the... (more)
|
|
Leaf galls on grey willow
by Lairich Rig
for square NS3977
Category: Galls
The photograph shows the underside of the group of Iteomyia major galls that are... (more)
|
|
Leaf galls on common alder
by Lairich Rig
for square NS3980
Category: Galls
This common alder (Alnus glutinosa), which was situated beside the River Leven,... (more)
|
|
Dumbarton Golf Course (flooded)
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
|
|
Rubble, possibly from Brickfield Cottage
by Lairich Rig
for square NS3976
Category: Ruins
For the main description of this area, which was formerly a brickfield, see... (more)
|
|
Road to Moss o' Balloch
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3982
Category: Road
The road leads from beside the River Leven, past car parks at Moss o'... (more)
|
|
Leaf galls on grey willow
by Lairich Rig
for square NS3977
Category: Galls
|
|
Dumbarton Golf Course
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Golf course
This photograph, which was taken from a footpath that follows the eastern side... (more)
|
|
Dumbarton Golf Course
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3976
Category: Golf course
This photograph, which shows the northern end of the course, was taken from a... (more)
|
|
Cycle Route 7 at Dalquhurn
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3977
Category: National Cycle Network route
Here, National Cycle Network Route 7 passes the site of the former Dalquhurn Dye... (more)
|