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Expand the first end-note for a detailed description; click on that end-note... (more)

Tags: ArchaeologyX   CrannogX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Estuary, MarineX   top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX   period:Iron AgeX   near:River ClydeX  

The main group of boulders on the hilltop is not far ahead, but the intended... (more)

Tags: subject:ArchaeologyX   landmark:Campsie HillsX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX   landmark:Pappert HillX   landmark:The Long CragsX   top:UplandsX  

The hilltop lies within the inner enclosure of an ancient hill-fort. See... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:SummitX   landmark:The Long CragsX   top:UplandsX  

At the time of writing, the line of the fence is not marked on the map, although... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   Field GateX   subject:GateX   type:GeographX  

For views from down at the far shore of the reservoir, see NS3778 : Carman Reservoir frozen over, looking... (more)

Tags: type:Cross GridX   top:Derelict, DisusedX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   subject:IceX   former:ReservoirX   top:Water ResourcesX  

The line of the wall is marked on the 1:25000 map, but not the 1:50000 map. It... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   Dry-Stone WallX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   landmark:The Long CragsX   top:UplandsX   subject:WallX  

Right of centre in the foreground is a circular depression; its far edge is easy... (more)

Tags: subject:ArchaeologyX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX   Hut CircleX   top:UplandsX  

The same part of the path is shown, viewed in the opposite direction, in... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:PathX   top:PathsX   landmark:The Long CragsX   top:UplandsX  

The boundary is shown from the other side in NS3778 : Field boundary; see that picture for... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   subject:FenceX   Field BoundaryX   type:GeographX  

This boundary is shown on OS maps from the first-edition (1860) onwards, and on... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   Dry-Stone WallX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   Field BoundaryX   type:GeographX   subject:WallX  

The present line of the boundary is recent (after 2011), the ground on this side... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   subject:FenceX   type:GeographX  

The view is from the southwestern end of the path; there is a "Right of... (more)

Tags: Bonded WarehouseX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:PathX   top:PathsX   West Dunbartonshire Core PathX  

Tags: Bonded WarehouseX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:PathX   top:PathsX   West Dunbartonshire Core PathX  

The wall is a continuation of one that the 1:25000 map shows heading ESE from... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   Dry-Stone WallX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:WallX  

The crater is the one shown in NS4177 : Bomb crater, but the present view is from the... (more)

Tags: Bomb CraterX   subject:CraterX   top:Defence, MilitaryX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

The signposted Crags Circular Path leads uphill from Dumbarton, past Overtoun... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:PathsX   near:RiggangowerX   weather:SnowX   The Crags Circular PathX   near:The Lang CraigsX  

The view is from the same place as NS3779 : Eastern edge of the Fairy Knowe, but in the opposite direction.... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, DisusedX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   former:QuarryX   top:Quarrying, MiningX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

Note the power lines, as depicted on the OS map, which confirm the view... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, DisusedX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:MoorlandX   subject:PitX   top:Quarrying, MiningX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

This panoramic image shows the view from NS3680 : Bromley Muir trig point. The field of view is... (more)

Tags: hfov:270X   vfov:45X   landmark:Ben LomondX   place:Bromley MuirX   Bromley Muir Trig PointX   landmark:Campsie HillsX   landmark:Carman HillX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   landmark:Fintry HillsX   PanoramaX   Panoramic ViewX   landmark:The DumplingX   landmark:The Long CragsX   top:UplandsX   bucket:WideangleX   panorama:WideangleX  

The mist had lifted not long before, but was now rolling back in. On the right,... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:ShoreX  

In this view, Dumbuck Hill (NS4274 : Dumbuck Quarry) can be seen directly behind the trig... (more)

Tags: place:Carman MuirX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   Trig PointX   top:UplandsX  

This photo follows on from NS4375 : Path near Greenland Farm, and shows a long, straight, downhill... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:PathsX   near:RiggangowerX   The Crags Circular PathX  

As the 1:25000 map shows, there are many more such warehouses in the area. Part... (more)

Tags: Bonded WarehouseX   top:Business, Retail, ServicesX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:WarehouseX  

Dumbuck Quarry can be seen behind it. The view is from the Renton Road. See also... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   top:Waste, Waste ManagementX  

For a view in the opposite direction from roughly the same place, see... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX  

This enclosure, marked on the 1:25000 map, is beside a NS4274 : Railway bridge at Milton. Note, in... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   top:Water ResourcesX  

Just a few metres ahead, the road crosses above NS4175 : Gruggies Burn, which, at the... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Roads, Road TransportX  

Seen from a NS3878 : Farm track at Upper Dalquhurn. In the right background, the fields end at the edge of... (more)

Tags: landmark:Doughnot HillX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX   subject:FieldX   type:GeographX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

NS3878 : The Hundred Steps is a path behind the wall on the left. The prominent plume of smoke... (more)

Tags: landmark:Doughnot HillX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX   subject:FieldX   type:GeographX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

The most prominent group, shown in NS3779 : View over ancient hill-fort, is further up the slope, behind... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:RockX   top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX   landmark:The Long CragsX   top:UplandsX  

This is the reverse view of NS3779 : Path from Poachy Glen to Carman Hill, from about the same spot. Poachy Glen... (more)

Tags: landmark:Doughnot HillX   Dry-Stone WallX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:PathX   top:PathsX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

The path turns here to follow the western side of NS4074 : Gruggies Burn; see NS4074 : Dumbarton Foreshore Walk... (more)

Tags: Dumbarton Foreshore WalkX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   landmark:Erskine BridgeX   Gruggies BurnX   top:PathsX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

The picture was taken from within the inner enclosure of the NS3779 : Ancient hill-fort on Carman Hill. The... (more)

Tags: landmark:Cairnsmore of CarsphairnX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   landmark:Tinto HillX   top:UplandsX  

A single slab remains of what was once the interior. For views from other... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, DisusedX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   top:Housing, DwellingsX   subject:RuinX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

The view is from near a NS3975 : New supermarket. Except for the water on the right, the... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:PathX   top:PathsX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

Castle Terrace itself is just behind the stone wall on the left. A supermarket... (more)

Tags: top:Construction, DevelopmentX   type:Cross GridX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   landmark:The Long CragsX  

An angle in the line of the old timber pond is visible just ahead, with stumps... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Estuary, MarineX   type:GeographX   top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX   ruin:Timber PondX  

Compare NS3878 : The Hundred Steps after heavy snow, showing the same scene sixteen days earlier.

Tags: landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   subject:PathX   top:PathsX   The Hundred StepsX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

The view is from a NS3777 : Farm track at Kipperoch. For the field on the other side of the track,... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX   subject:FieldX   type:GeographX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

The view is through a fence. A few metres to the right, and parallel to the view... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   top:Construction, DevelopmentX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX  

The River Clyde can be seen in the background, with Dumbarton Rock visible on... (more)

Tags: subject:Cattle GridX   landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   top:Roads, Road TransportX   The Crags Circular PathX  

Part of NS3778 : Carman Reservoir can be seen in the background; for more distant details,... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Rivers, Streams, DrainageX   subject:StreamX  

The NS3779 : Ancient hill-fort on Carman Hill is further up the slope, behind the point from which the picture... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   subject:HillsideX   top:UplandsX  

The line of pylons was set up in 1949 to connect the area to the Loch Sloy... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Energy InfrastructureX   subject:Power LineX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

Although the field is its focus, the picture was also intended to convey the... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX   subject:FieldX   bucket:WideangleX  

Right of centre in the foreground is a modern cairn (made within the last... (more)

Tags: landmark:Dumbarton RockX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   top:UplandsX   subject:ViewX  

As the name suggests, throughs or throughstones run through the width of the... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, BarrierX   bucket:CloseupX   Dry-Stone WallX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   landmark:The Long CragsX   subject:WallX  

This bridge carries the A82 over the River Leven: I call it NS3977 : The Blue Bridge, but I... (more)

Tags: subject:BridgeX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   PipelineX   top:Rivers, Streams, DrainageX   top:Roads, Road TransportX   The Blue BridgeX   landmark:The Long CragsX  

See NS4074 : Dumbarton Foreshore Walk for a view from nearer the turning, and NS4074 : Dumbarton Foreshore Walk for one in... (more)

Tags: top:CoastalX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   top:PathsX  

A farm called Pillanflatt disappeared before the earliest OS maps of the area... (more)

Tags: subject:ArchaeologyX   landmark:Dumbuck Quarry   type:GeographX   top:Housing, DwellingsX