In early May 2015, East Kilbride historian Chris Ladds, showed me a sketch that had ben sent to him that same month. Incredibly, the sketch dated in 1821 is approaching 200 years old and in colour, features Calderwood Glen. Drawn by a Mary Paterson, who allegedly was a nanny or teacher at Calderwood Castle, the […]
A wonderful photo of Craigneith Castle, on the Blantyre side of the Rotten Calder River. It’s difficult to date exactly, but the fashions of the mature woman on the left, show it may be around late 1890s – 1910. A woman sits with a book in hand, perhaps a visitor of nearby Calderwood Castle out […]
Craigneith Castle lay across the waters of the Rotten Calder from Calderwood Castle to the east of East Kilbride on the Blantyre side of the river, and served as accommodation for servants at Calderwood, which technically precludes its later description as a folly. Craigneith, was in fact a folly castle which was titled Craigneith Castle, […]