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Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath Avenue 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 achievement in Scottish civil engineering and inland water transport infrastructure. This stretch of the canal forms part of the wider waterway that connected the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde, facilitating commerce and industrial development across central Scotland. The canal section retains elements of its original construction including the canal bed and associated structures that demonstrate the engineering standards of the period.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath Avenue is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6777. View the official record →
Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath Avenue 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 SM6777.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath Avenue 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 SM6777.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road (1.6 km), Inchinnan, site of All Hallows Church (2.8 km), Newshot Island, River Clyde, remains of diving support vessel and dredging barges. (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath Avenue'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: Linnvale - Duntreath Avenue stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.