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Forth and Clyde Canal: Cleveden Road - Bishopbriggs Golf Course is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, the major 18th-century waterway that connected the east and west coasts of Scotland. Constructed between 1768 and 1790, this stretch of canal near Bishopbriggs represents part of the approximately 35-mile engineered waterway that facilitated commercial transport and industrial development across central Scotland. The canal in this location follows the natural topography whilst maintaining navigable water levels through careful engineering of locks, embankments, and the canal bed itself. This section forms an important component of the wider canal system, which served as a vital artery for trade and communication during the Industrial Revolution and continues to remain a significant historical and archaeological monument.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Cleveden Road - Bishopbriggs Golf Course is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6773. View the official record →
Forth and Clyde Canal: Cleveden Road - Bishopbriggs Golf Course is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, the major 18th-century waterway that connected the east and west coasts of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6773.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Cleveden Road - 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 SM6773.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Forth and Clyde Canal: Glasgow Branch (1.5 km), North Woodside Flint Mills,Garriochmill Road,North Kelvin (1.9 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Netherton Farm - Cleveden Road (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Forth and Clyde Canal: Cleveden Road - 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: Cleveden Road - Bishopbriggs Golf Course stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.