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Forth and Clyde Canal: Old Kilpatrick - Linnvale is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, a major eighteenth-century waterway engineering project in Scotland. The canal was constructed between 1768 and 1790 to provide a direct navigable route between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, connecting Edinburgh and Glasgow. This particular stretch at Old Kilpatrick and Linnvale in Dunbartonshire represents part of the canal's western section, demonstrating the engineering methods and construction standards of the period. The canal remains an important monument to Scotland's industrial development and the advancement of transport infrastructure during the late Georgian era.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Old Kilpatrick - Linnvale is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6778. View the official record →
Forth and Clyde Canal: Old Kilpatrick - Linnvale is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, a major eighteenth-century waterway engineering project in Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6778.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Old Kilpatrick - Linnvale 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 SM6778.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newshot Island, River Clyde, remains of diving support vessel and dredging barges. (1.1 km), Inchinnan, cross slabs & cross shaft (2.6 km), Drumcross, enclosure 140m WSW of (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Forth and Clyde Canal: Old Kilpatrick - Linnvale'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: Old Kilpatrick - Linnvale stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.