Strip wood, Ballochmyle
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The photograph on this page of Strip wood, Ballochmyle by Richard Webb as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 22 Apr 2017
Beeches in the strip which surrounded the Ballochmyle policies. The estate became a hospital which gained a reputation for treating burns in wartime. Latterly it was developed as an upmarket housing scheme, but the development stalled after the banking collapse in 2008.