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Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The canal was constructed in the late eighteenth century, opening in 1790, and represents a significant feat of civil engineering that connected the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde across central Scotland. This stretch of the canal between Duntreath Avenue and Blairdardie Road retains physical evidence of its original construction and operation as a navigable waterway, including its basic channel form and associated infrastructure. The canal served as a crucial commercial route for transporting coal, iron, and other goods between the two firths, playing an important role in Scotland's industrial development throughout the nineteenth century.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6776. View the official record →
Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6776.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road 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 SM6776.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath Avenue (1.6 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Netherton Farm - Cleveden Road (2.4 km), Inchinnan, site of All Hallows Church (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road'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: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.