2014
NS3679 : Northern edge of the Fairy Knowe
taken 12 years ago, near to Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Northern edge of the Fairy Knowe
In the middle distance, on the left, is NS3678 : Carman Quarry. Click on the end-note title for other views.
The first-edition OS map, which was surveyed in 1860 (before the creation of the quarry) has the name Fairy Knowe here, with a curving feature marking its northern edge. At the right-hand edge of the present picture is a ridge, which recedes from the photographer's position and then gradually curves away to the left, its course marked by trees. This appears to correspond to the feature marked on the old map, the northern edge of the Fairy Knowe.
Part of the Firth of Clyde can be seen in the background.
The first-edition OS map, which was surveyed in 1860 (before the creation of the quarry) has the name Fairy Knowe here, with a curving feature marking its northern edge. At the right-hand edge of the present picture is a ridge, which recedes from the photographer's position and then gradually curves away to the left, its course marked by trees. This appears to correspond to the feature marked on the old map, the northern edge of the Fairy Knowe.
Part of the Firth of Clyde can be seen in the background.
The former Fairy Knowe Quarry :: NS3779
Red sandstone was quarried here. The site was formerly a small hill called Fairy Knowe, but it became a quarry at the end of the nineteenth century; later maps call it Carman Quarry. It has long been disused. See Link
for an annotated satellite view putting this site in its geological context. See Link and Link (in a Geograph article) for more on the quarry, the Fairy Knowe, and old traditions about this site and Havoc Hole.
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- Grid Square
- NS3679, 44 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 26 March, 2014 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 15 April, 2014
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 3693 7907 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:58.6099N 4:36.8956W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NS 3697 7906
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
