Keil Gardens

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 24 Mar 2011

Keil Gardens is the name of the road. The buildings on the left are part of a housing development, some of it still under construction, called Keil Mansions (an exception is the darker building at the back, which is the Image; it lies outwith the housing development). The grassy area on the left is the same one as appears on the right in Image (the two pictures were taken from roughly the same spot). The area occupied by the housing development was previously part of the grounds of the school; see the link just cited for further details. As mentioned there, a statue of Sir William Mackinnon used to stand on the grass here (it was brought here from Mombasa). After the school closed, the statue was relocated to Campbeltown. Another building that used to be located on that grassy area was Mason House, which was one of several buildings that accommodated the school's boarding pupils. It was named after Mr Mason, the school's first headmaster. Dumbarton Rock can be seen, on the right, in the background of the present photograph.

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