Scottish Lost PlacesThe South Lanarkshire area has 142 category A listed buildings on #wikidata. Terraces and Summerhouse, Barncluith has a #wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraces_and_Summerhouse,_Barncluith
This Is My GlasgowOver the following decades, lands were confiscated and many were driven from their ancestral homes to make way for more profitable sheep - a series of events collectively known as the Highland Clearances.
While large numbers emigrated to North America and to the British Colonies there and elsewhere, others moved to Glasgow, where they became an integral part of the city's industrial expansion during the nineteeth century.
On the 16th of April (280 years ago today), his attempt to reclaim his grandfather's throne came to a bloody end at the Battle of Culloden, the last pitched battle fought on British soil.
The aftermath of Culloden had a devastation and long-lasting effect on the lives of the Highland clans which had supported the Jacobite cause.
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In December 1745, following his retreat from England, Charles Edward Stuart (better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie) arrived in Glasgow with his Jacobite army. This plaque on Trongate marks the site of Shawfield Mansion, where he stayed while his troops set up camp on Glasgow Green. They departed in January 1476, and headed north once more.
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Skellister Standing Stone: menhir in Nesting.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM2035
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12013381
Historic Environment Scotland lists 7 notable sites within 1km distance.
The Jordanhill Cross, one of the @GovanStones in Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow. It's the lower section of a celtic-style cross and is decorated with a figure on horseback and geometric knotwork designs. It's thought to have been carved in the 900s or 1000s, when Govan was an important ecclesiastical centre within the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde.
#glasgow #glasgowhistory #govan #govanstones #scottishhistory
Kilcoy Castle: tower house in the Highlands.
Listed building LB8007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilcoy_Castle
Historic Environment Scotland lists 6 notable sites within 1km distance.
Tillicoultry railway station was a station on the Devon Valley Railway (also operated by Alloa Railway). Alloa railway station is now the nearest station, 5km away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillicoultry_railway_station
Old football leagues:
Albion Rovers played in the Scottish Football Combination (and in Scottish Football League Second Division, Scottish Football Federation, Scottish Football League, Lowland Football League).
Grounds: Cliftonhill, Meadow Park, Coatbridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_Rovers
Sir John S Forbes Memorial Fountain, Main Street, Fettercairn: memorial in Aberdeenshire.
