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Forth and Clyde Canal: Blairdardie Road – Netherton Farm is a scheduled monument comprising a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The canal is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6775. This stretch lies upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, Westphalian sedimentary deposits that underlie the lowland landscape of central Scotland.
The Forth and Clyde Canal was engineered to link Scotland's two coasts, creating a vital commercial waterway across the central belt. This particular section between Blairdardie Road and Netherton Farm preserves the canal's physical infrastructure, including its cut through the local terrain and associated structures. The stable sedimentary geology of the Clackmannan Group provided a suitable foundation for the canal's construction and maintenance.
As a scheduled monument, this stretch of the Forth and Clyde Canal is recognised for its historical importance as part of Scotland's industrial heritage and transport infrastructure. The canal represents an achievement of 18th-century civil engineering and remains a valued legacy of Scotland's industrial age, now serving recreational and ecological purposes within the modern landscape.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Blairdardie Road - Netherton Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6775. View the official record →
Forth and Clyde Canal: Blairdardie Road – Netherton Farm is a scheduled monument comprising a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6775.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Blairdardie Road - Netherton Farm 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 SM6775.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Forth and Clyde Canal: Netherton Farm - Cleveden Road (1.3 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road (1.4 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Cleveden Road - Bishopbriggs Golf Course (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Forth and Clyde Canal: Blairdardie Road - Netherton Farm'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: Blairdardie Road - Netherton Farm stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.