Dalzell Park and Baron’s Haugh Nature Reserve from Strathclyde Loch
Date: 21 December 2024
Leader: David
Grade: C+
Number on walk: 10
Length 16 km. Ascent 200 m.
Hills climbed: None.
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The reconstructed Roman bath-house in Strathclyde Park
The bath-house was in use between approximately 142 AD and 162 AD and was rediscovered in November 1973 beneath a pond. It was subsequently taken apart, moved to higher ground and rebuilt in 1980. Hundreds of artifacts taken from the excavations on the site are now on display in the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University.
Morning tea break under Camps Viaduct adjacent to the River Clyde
Looking across the River Clyde near Baron’s Haugh RSPB reserve
This section of the Clyde Walkway is particularly muddy
Dalzell Burial Ground, Gazebo
Built by Lord Gavin George Hamilton of Dalzell after the death of his wife, Lady Sybil Mary, in 1933. The entrance to the gazebo had an inscription "in memory of 33 Happy Years". Lord Hamilton spent much of his time after her death reading in the gazebo, which overlooked the family mausoleum and Lady Sybil's grave.
Dalzell House
Essentially this is a 15th-century tower house, with extensive additions built during the 17th and 19th centuries. It was occupied as a house until 1952 and became part of a boarding school from 1954 to 1967 after which is stood empty until bought by a developer in the 1980s. The house was then restored and divided for sale as eighteen private apartments, some of which retain the Jacobean interior detailing.
Nearing the end of the walk and passing Strathclyde Loch