Cardross to Helensburgh
Date: 2nd January 2022
Leader: David Clark
Grade: C+
Number on walk: 19 including 2 from the Glasgow Group
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Entering the grounds of the disused St. Peter’s Seminary near Cardross
The much-graffitied, derelict St. Peter’s Seminary near Cardross
Built in the early sixties and described as “Determinedly modernist, brutalist and owing a huge debt to Le Corbusier, it is widely considered to be one of the most important examples of modernist architecture in Scotland
Our morning tea break was taken at Kilmahew Castle
Originally a four-storey 16th century tower house but modified in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Walking along the grassy / muddy tracks near Darleith House
The ornamental dovecot at Darleith House dating from around 1790
Winter sunlight highlights the River Clyde east of Ardmore Point
The Camis Eskan dovecot
Although from the same period as Darleith’s dovecot, it was to a simpler design
Camis Eskan House
The main part of which was built in 1648 and has now been converted into flats