This photo dates from 1904 which featured in a brochure published by Gilmours of Glasgow Road. The brochure contained several excellent Blantyre related photos, which have been scanned now in high resolution. Featured is the Hermitage, or Hermits hut, which was located in Calderwood Glen, just beyond Auchentibber, on the Blantyre side of the River […]
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The Hermits Cave
This poem about the Hermit of Calderwood Glen is dated 26th September 1722. The poem is accompanied by a sketch of the hermitage by Pastor Walter Wilson of High Blantyre Baptist Church during one of his walks to the area. Nothing but the foundation stone of the hermitage remains today. It is unknown where this […]


