NS3977 : The former Pillanflatt
taken 17 years ago, near to Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
The houses visible at the right-hand edge of the photo are in the Tontine Park area of Renton.
[With reference to the annotated satellite view (see the link in the end-note), the nearby clump of trees in front of those houses corresponds to the northern end of C3 on the satellite view, and the more distant clump of trees just behind and to the left of the most prominent pylon shows the course of the northern part of boundary C1.]
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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 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
The Lochs and Glens (North) route covers 214 miles from Inverness to Glasgow. The Lochs and Glens (South) covers 193 miles from Glasgow to Carlisle via the Ayrshire coast, Kirkcudbright and Dumfries. It continues east as the Coast to Coast C2C route to Sunderland.
- Grid Square
- NS3977, 337 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 18 February, 2010 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 25 February, 2010
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 3902 7740
[10m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.7529N 4:34.8283W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
NS 3915 7737
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
