Overgrown canal basin
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Overgrown canal basin
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 25 Jun 2019
This canal basin on the Glassgow Branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal used to serve a quarry which produced clay that was used to line the canal itself. It was later a small boatbuilding yard. The grassland and woodland beside it are part of Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.879636
Longitude
-4.267815