On the lower slopes below the ruins of Craigneath Castle are a whole extensive network of old paths that linked Craigneath to the High Calder and Calderwood Glen. Some of these paths are still visible and without too much undergrowth. Others, not so much and very reclaimed by the woods and fallen trees to the […]
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Craigneath Bridges & Summer House
Calderwood estate was once dubbed ‘one of the loveliest of western glens, magnificent in its grouping of craggy heights, sprinkled with trees and with the amber-tinted Calder winding through the richly wooded and festooned valley’. It was opened to the public in the early 1900s under the ownership of the Scottish Cooperative Society, but the […]
Fiddler’s Burn & Craigneath Fountains
On the east side of Calderwood Glen on the Blantyre Craigneath side (the river boundary separates Blantyre from East Kilbride) a small stream called Fiddler’s Burn cascades impressively down into the valley from high rocky outcrops. A sluice and sliding panel were formed in the 1800’s, to draw off water to a triple fountain on […]
Craigneith Castle, Blantyre
Across the river from Calderwood Castle and to the north-east, perched above a range of cliffs on the Blantyre side or the river, lay Craigneith Castle. This was Blantyre’s castle. The style of masonry suggests erection between 1750 and 1850. The building fulfilled three functions. It provided accommodation for three of the Calderwood Castle servants. […]