I had intended to start this with another subject but that can wait till another day as I came across something interesting today while out for a stroll.
A while ago on the
Hidden Cumbernauld thread on the Projects page 'Toomse' posted some images of plans, one of which was an adit he highlighted on the banks of the Luggie Water south of Palacerigg country park, this has intrigued me since.
With no sign of Toomse for a wee while I hope he disnae' mind me using his images again.
Passing the area today ['Runblybugs'] I thought I'd have a wee look around and so ventured into the dense undergrowth - just to have a closer look at the lie of the land more than anything because I expected it to be impenetrable. Brambles aplenty [a sure sign of ground disturbance actually] there was but it being Autumn they were lying fairly close to the ground and could be stepped over. I kept plowing on until reaching a bluff. A bluff about 6ft. - too wee for a real bluff I was thinking. Time to sclim doon said bluff. [at my age as well, don't tell the wifey]
The maps were wrong, this is what I found.
Adit 1
Adit 2
Adit 3
Thats 3 adits not one. Here are some shots of the insides - taken from the outside of course so they aint brilliant.
I also noticed what might be a shaft a bit away from the area where the adits are.
With a resident lying having a nap?
Now I might be wrong because I was hanging over holding onto a tree with one hand and took the pic with the other but it looked like a curled up snake to me. Do we get broon snakes here? Or did I see leaves?
Anyway thats wot I did in the bootiful weather the day.
Correction to above Adit No.2 - duplication of subject, below is the
image of the second adit - whose entrance is almost filled in.
It looks to me that this was an outcrop of - probably - ironstone that was mined from every angle of the hill.