Geograph Britain and IrelandLatest Images by Alan O'Dowd
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2024-03-19T07:14:45+00:00text/html2024-03-11T21:04:07+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.740097 -3.888530NS8151 : Remains of a tree, Stravenhouse
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A sculpted remnant of a long-dead tree casting a shadow across farmland in midday sunshine in early March.text/html2024-03-11T20:56:44+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.735656 -3.885130NS8150 : Muddy track south of Law Hill
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The ground slopes down towards the River Clyde here, with Mauldslie Mains visible in the middle distance.text/html2024-02-25T16:36:41+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.730543 -4.296270NS5550 : High Dam, Eaglesham Moor
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One of a number of reservoirs on Eaglesham Moor. There is a small fishery here.
Glasgow is visible in the distance.text/html2024-02-25T16:31:43+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.725998 -4.303807NS5550 : Road to Dunwan Dam
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South of Garret Law on Eaglesham Moor.text/html2024-02-25T16:27:13+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.716688 -4.301826NS5549 : Draw-off tower, Dunwan Dam
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Described as follows at https://canmore.org.uk/site/277889/dunwan-dam#:~:text=At%20Dunwan%20in%20the%201930s,reservoirand%20operates%20in%20dry%20conditions:
"Dunwan Dam and reservoir are located above Eaglesham close to the B764 Fenwick Road. In any draw-off tower the problem is that the high pressure of the depth of water in the reservoir can lead to leaks in the tower, excessive dampness and corrosion in the pipework.
At Dunwan in the 1930s the engineers Kyle & Frew devised an ingenious solution to the problem by siting the tower inside a bellmouth spillway, giving two concentric circular concrete structures. Thus the draw-off tower is separated from the water pressure of the reservoir and operates in dry conditions. Fifty years later in the 1980s the engineers for the Megget Reservoir supplying Edinburgh R. H. Cuthbertson & Partners devised the same solution independently not knowing of its previous use. As far as is known these are the only two examples in Scotland of this innovative construction."
Some of the turbines of the vast Whitelee Wind Farm are visible beyond the reservoir.text/html2024-02-03T19:24:37+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.414253 -3.663940NS9414 : Rainbow at Annanshaw Brae
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Photographed on a changeable day of sunshine and showers on cold, blustery winds.text/html2024-02-03T19:18:34+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.411980 -3.679009NS9314 : View down Rae Cleuch
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A view with the Daer Reservoir in the distance, beyond some of the many turbines of the Clyde Wind Farm.text/html2024-02-03T19:14:58+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.412612 -3.685355NS9314 : Sun re-emerging, Great Hill
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A view towards the conical hill named Doddin on a blustery day of sunshine and showers on a cold wind.text/html2024-02-03T19:07:06+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.409469 -3.672111NS9414 : Track and enclosure on the west side of Rae Cleuch
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The hillsides of Great Hill and Coupland Garr are visible in the background.text/html2024-02-03T19:04:03+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.408068 -3.669366NS9413 : Remains of bastle house and enclosure, Glenochar
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The remains of a 16th Century bastle (bastille) house - a type of fortified farmhouse typically found in areas either side of the Scotland-England border; this one is quite far north.text/html2024-02-03T19:02:14+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.408068 -3.669366NS9413 : Remains of bastle house by the Glenochar Burn
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The masonry in the middle ground is part of the remains of a 16th Century bastle (bastille) house - a type of fortified farmhouse typically found in areas either side of the Scotland-England border; this one is quite far north.text/html2024-02-03T18:59:06+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.407046 -3.665216NS9413 : Hillsides around the Glenochar Burn
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The wooden marker is part of a waymarked route laid out around remains of a 16th Century bastle (bastille) house - a type of fortified farmhouse, although some of the bridges and waymarks have decayed.text/html2024-01-24T17:54:15+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.662703 -3.947122NS7742 : Rough road in Blackwood House estate
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A much patched-up road, viewed as a shower passes to the north, with a fading rainbow in the distance.text/html2024-01-24T17:51:15+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.661345 -3.947691NS7742 : Shower passing to the north, Blackwood House estate
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A scene backlit with sunshine while a shower passes to the north, with a rainbow in the distance.text/html2024-01-24T17:42:57+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/34944Alan O'Dowd55.661343 -3.947849NS7742 : Tree by Blackwood House track
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A bare winter tree by the (very) rough road into the Blackwood House estate.