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Cunninghame Graham Memorial Park

The name of the park commemorates Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936), an adventurer and politician who was a steadfast advocate of Scottish Home Rule: Link

At the eastern entrance of the park (shown in NS3875 : Cunninghame Graham Memorial Park) is a stone which bears the text "Cunninghame Graham Memorial Park 'the Mony'" (see NS3875 : The Mony for a view of that stone).

"Mony" here refers to a monument. It does not refer to the small stone just mentioned, but, rather, to a large monument to Cunninghame Graham which used to stand within the park. It was located beside the wooded knoll (Arthur's Seat) that can be seen ahead, to the left of the path, in the present photograph; the monument was unveiled there in 1937, and remained at that spot until 1981, when it was moved to Gartmore (NS52299750).

See NS3875 : Arthur's Seat for a description of the monument.

The large building in the background is NS3875 : Our Lady and St Patricks High School, which is all quiet on this occasion (during the school holidays). OLSP arose from the merger of Notre Dame (a girls' school – see NS3875 : Notre Dame Roman Catholic Chapel) and St Patrick's (a boys' school).

Similar to Arthur's Seat, but larger, is an eminence called NS3875 : Castle Hill, which is located in the wooded north-eastern corner of the park; part of that area is visible at the right-hand edge of the photo; see NS3875 : Castle Hill for another view. Castle Hill gave the Castlehill area of Dumbarton its name; see also NS3875 : Bruce's Flagstaff.