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Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, a major 18th-century waterway engineering project in central Scotland. The canal was constructed between 1768 and 1790 to connect the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth with the Firth of Clyde near Glasgow, facilitating commercial transport of goods across Scotland. At Bishopbriggs, the canal survives as an archaeological monument within the golf course landscape, preserving evidence of this significant period of Scottish industrial and transportation development. The site represents the physical infrastructure of one of Scotland's most important canal systems, which played a crucial role in regional commerce and communication during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6772. View the official record →
Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, a major 18th-century waterway engineering project in central Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6772.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM6772.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall, 120m NE of Balmuildy Cottages to 270m S of Buchley (1.1 km), Antonine Wall, River Kelvin to 120m NE of Balmuildy Cottages (1.6 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Cleveden Road - Bishopbriggs Golf Course (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.