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Avenue from Overtoun House

An avenue, completed and opened in 1895, led from NS4276 : Overtoun House, across NS4276 : Overtoun Bridge, and along the route shown in the present photograph, to join the main road beside a lodge; the former estate entrance there is shown in NS4175 : Dumbarton, Old Overtoun Estate Gateway.

As a result of later housing development, Campbell Avenue now slices across the former avenue (as shown in NS4175 : Pedestrian access to Overtoun Estate), and much of the route downhill from that point is no longer very recognisable as a former road: NS4175 : Path to Overtoun Estate.

For further information, see NS4176 : Avenue to Overtoun House, which was taken in the same area as the present photograph, but looking in the opposite direction along the road.

In the present photograph, a small sign to the left of the road indicates a diversion. There are a number of woodland walks here in the Overtoun Estate, and they are known collectively as the Nature Trail; they mostly follow the sides of the Overtoun Burn. To the left of this section of road, a landslip a number of years ago obliterated a small section of the footpath; the signs direct walkers around the affected area.