2018

NS3877 : Embankment beside a burn

taken 6 years ago, near to Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

This is 1 of 2 images, with title Embankment beside a burn in this square
Embankment beside a burn
Embankment beside a burn
To the left of the embankment is an unnamed burn. On the other side of the burn is a path known locally as the Howgate, for which see Link

To the right of the embankment is a meadow. See Link (in the article linked from the end-note) for evidence, from a pre-OS plan of 1841, that the burn used to follow a different course, flowing through the meadow; the first-edition OS map of 1860 instead shows it flowing along the northern edge of the meadow, indicating a change. However, in 1841 and 1860, the meadow extended further to the north than it does today, and the Howgate of that time was correspondingly a short distance to the north of the present-day path of the same name.

By the time of the 1896 map revision, expansion of the adjacent Dalquhurn Dye Works had seen a railway branch line created to the south of the (then) line of the Howgate, chopping off the northern part of the meadow. As a result, the burn was again re-routed to the south to follow the new northern edge of the meadow. If the embankment shown in this photograph was built to redirect the burn in connection with the formation of the branch line, as seems likely, then it dates from the period 1860—96. See NS3877 : Embankment beside a burn for a view along it in the opposite direction.

Note that the original line of the Howgate was gradually swallowed up by the expanding dye works. The present-day path called the Howgate runs to the south of the original path; in fact, it is the former course of the railway branch line just mentioned.
Pillanflatt

The land of Pillanflatt lay between Dalquhurn and Mains of Cardross, and is mentioned in medieval records in connection with the Cardross residence of King Robert the Bruce. See a Geograph article — Link — for the precise location of Pillanflatt's farm buildings. See LinkExternal link for an annotated satellite view, showing features that are depicted on the 1:10560 OS maps from 1864 to 1938, in relation to the present-day landscape. A path that runs along the northern edge of the meadow here is known locally as the Howgate: Link


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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage Primary Subject: Embankment Landmark: The Long Crags
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Course of a Burn [6] · Called the Howgate [4] · Present-day Path [3] Other Photos: · Embankment beside a burn · Pipe at Dalquhurn · The course of a burn Title Clusters: · Embankment beside a burn [2] ·
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NS3877, 96 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Lairich Rig   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 28 September, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 8 November, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3896 7746 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.7840N 4:34.8881W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3892 7747
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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