Molendinar Burn

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Postby stinkpad » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:57 am

Ronnie wrote:
Shazbat wrote:Just checked out the 'Molendinar' site. Is it mibbe no just a wee story and the chamber doesn't really exist?


Whatever gives you that idea?


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Molendinar is fiction. It is a blog and podcast writen by a fictional man. He is Jack Burroughs. Jack believes that he is from the sixth century and that his real name is Mungo."
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Postby Shazbat » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:32 pm

Thanks Stinky, I believe that is the clue : :)
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Postby HollowHorn » Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:09 am

Exit into the Clyde?

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Postby Fossil » Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:20 am

HollowHorn wrote:Exit into the Clyde?

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Check this thread HH
http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=440&highlight=clyde

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Postby HollowHorn » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:29 am

Cheers, Fossy, another good wee read :wink:
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Postby HollowHorn » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:39 pm

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Postby Stuart » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:47 pm

This link to the NLS is the best historical map I've seen that shows where the Molendinar runs. It does cover the whole city but it is quite detailed.


http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/788.html#
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Postby HollowHorn » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:51 pm

Apparently at one time, the Molly was crossed by no fewer than eighteen bridges 8O
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Postby Stuart » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:18 pm

I thought this snap , which I've been meaning to take for ages, would finish this topic off nicely.

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And this one just to give it...... eh..... a little context.

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Postby Pgcc93 » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:26 pm

Not seen that sign before Stuart nice work. What road is that on btw 8)
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Postby Sydney Rosewater » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:33 pm

At the top of Alexandra Park street... kind of.

Am a different Stuart by the way! just saw this n thought I'd answer as I remember the street gettin made into a 'big road' and that plaque being placed.
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Postby Stuart » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:57 pm

Kinda yeah, I think it's Viewpark Avenue by that point. But just up form the station anyway. Not too hard to find, maybe a bit easier if they gave it a coat of paint once in a while. Then again its current state sort of fits really.
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Postby Mori » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:02 pm

The Molendinar burn was central to the development of the early medieval
town, up until the 17th century the burn was an essential water supply to the
townspeople encouraging trade and commerce. Mills were situated along the
Molendinar, the textile and craft industries used the water sources in the
preparation of their goods and the town grew up around the burn. The growth of
the town eastwards was prevented as the need for a good water supply was
essential to the life of the burgh. Today the Molendinar has been absorbed into
the landscape, and can only just be seen along Duke Street.
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The molindinar also continues through the college lands, this image of 1520 shows that the high st curve has been there for centuries.

The molidinar burn lasted for nearly 2 centuries. :)
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Postby glasgowken » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:06 pm

Wonderful images there, especially the last one.
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Postby Smartalex » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:43 pm

Here's a photo of the Burn I took from the High Street Goods Yard site showing the original tunnel under Duke Street and another
adjoining tunnel joining the Molendinar possibly coming from the Tennant's Brewery from underneath the Great Eastern Hotel?

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