Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic site in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
What follows is drawn from published sources, with each claim labelled by how firmly it is established.
Plan your visit
- Location
- 55.9300°N · 4.4825°W
Nearby places
Fortified place · Iron Age
Dumbarton Castle and Dumbarton Rock
West Dunbartonshire
The longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland: capital of Strathclyde, taken by Vikings in 871 after its water failed.
- Near Dumbarton
- Some walking
Fortified place · Roman
Cleddans
East Dunbartonshire
Cleddans confirms the Antonine Wall’s system of small interval fortlets, while its richly carved legionary slabs record the construction and imager…
- Near Duntocher
- Some walking
Ancient tree · Medieval
Bruce Tree
West Dunbartonshire
An oak said to have been planted by Robert the Bruce, burnt down by an arsonist in May 2004: and then cut up and carved into a replica of his throne.
- Near West Dunbartonshire
Fortified place · Roman
Castlehill Fort
East Dunbartonshire
Castlehill marks an Antonine Wall fort whose surviving plantation masks important Sixth Legion distance slabs and evidence for the frontier’s const…
- Near Bearsden
- Some walking
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