Bonhill High Dykes Development
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Bonhill High Dykes Development
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 15 Oct 2020
Housing is being built on the former site of Highdykes Primary School. The large sign uses the spelling "High Dykes" (with a space) for the development. The nearby farm is called Highdykes: Image See Image and Image for views from the other side. Highdykes is the name of a nearby farm: Image The Blaeu map of the Lennox (1654, but based on earlier surveys from c.1600) shows it as Headdycks, but it has its present-day spelling of Highdykes on Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (c.1740s-50s).
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Image Location
Latitude
55.975895
Longitude
-4.556836
