Kerbside Advice at Kildimmery

Image: © Ian Dodds Taken: 2 Sep 2022

The writing around the edge of the tiny notice attached to the bottom of the kerb by the drain in the foreground reads: 'Don't Pollute Drains Into Loch'. The loch in question must be Linlithgow Loch, a popular nearby spot for walkers and tourists, situated next to Linlithgow Palace. I saw an identical notice next to another drain further East along the main road, so I imagine that they were at some point placed next to all drains that carry water run-off into the loch, in which swimming must surely be strongly discouraged. Kildimmery is a short cul-de-sac containing four lovely big white houses, though only three can be admired from the road itself. They have been given numbers, but all four have also been assigned 'proper' house names, no doubt by their owners on the basis that their lovely appearances warranted an upgrade. There is a big property - perhaps a farm - shown here on a 1950s OS map, and it looks like the four newish houses are built on its former land. The next-far-back OS map, from the 1910s, shows no buildings here at all, though there is a narrow strip of woodland called Cauldimmery Plantation nearby. This must have taken its name from a farm shown on Roy's Military Map from the 1750s, which was set back a bit further from the road and was spelt as 'Cold Eimerry'.

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