IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Cruachan Road, GLASGOW, G61 4LB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Cruachan Road, G61 4LB by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (25 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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The Bearsden Shark
Information panel about the Bearsden Shark - a 330 million year old fossil shark found here in 1982 Image
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.04 miles
2
Site of a great geological discovery
This ordinary-looking, rather overgrown burn is the site of a great geological discovery in the early 1980s. In 1981, Stan Wood, who lived nearby, was investigating the rocks in the Manse Burn in his spare time. Stan worked in the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow at the time as a geological technician and realised that the Carboniferous age rocks in the burn were special. He discovered some very interesting fossils and as a result the Hunterian Museum obtained permission from the local council to mount an excavation. During 1982 a systematic excavation of the site uncovered a wide variety of extremely well-preserved fossils, particularly shrimps and fish, including what is now known as Akmonistion zangerli, but is better known as the 'Bearsden Shark'. The specimen of the first complete example is on display in the Hunterian Museum. The site is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). See Image
Stan Wood later became a professional fossil dealer and opened Mr Wood's Fossils Image in Edinburgh.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.04 miles
3
Information panel about the Bearsden Shark
An information panel telling the story of the discovery of the Bearsden Shark Image at this site in the early 1980s.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.05 miles
4
Reminder of the Bearsden Shark
The words 'BEARSDEN SHARK' in the railings of the footbridge crossing the Manse Burn. This was the site of the discovery of a famous fossil shark Image in 1982.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.05 miles
5
Grampian Way
The main street through South Baljaffray, which follows a roughly oval route through the district.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.08 miles
6
Ledi Drive
At the junction with Sidlaw Road.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.08 miles
7
Ettrick Drive
A cul-de-sac off Grampian Way. Leading to numbers 21 and 28 Lammermuir Gardens.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.08 miles
8
Wyvis Avenue
A cul-de-sac off Grampian Way.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.09 miles
9
Lowther Avenue
A cul-de-sac off Grampian Way.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.09 miles
10
Ledi Drive
Approaching the junction with Craigmore Road.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 27 Mar 2022
0.16 miles