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Cumbrae Crescent South, DUMBARTON, G82 5AR

Perray Avenue is a short street attached to the northern side of Hawthornhill Road. About 350 metres to the west are the similarly-named Perrays Way, Drive, Crescent, Grove, and Court. About 600 metres to the north-west of the point where the photograph was taken is a small square of woodland (Image) called Perrays Wood (visible on the left in Image); this makes the origin of all of these street names clear. The same Image is mentioned in David Murray's book "Old Cardross: a lecture" (1880), where it is described as "the wood about halfway between Kellochy and Hawthornhill" (Kellochy, now long gone, was at Image; for Hawthornhill, see Image). The same work adds that "The Perrays" were "the two fields on the north of Hawthornhill, on the east and west of the road to Ardochbeg" (on which, see Image).

This fenced-off rectangular enclosure, measuring 90 metres by 25, is located just to the west of Knowetop Farm. For the background hills, see Image; at the right-hand edge of the escarpment, behind a tree and a purple-pink patch of Rosebay Willowherb, is distant Image

This short path has been made by people walking between Cumbrae Crescent South and Knowetop Farm; the farm lies ahead, but is hidden from view by the foreground rise. Situated centrally on the skyline is the escarpment of the Kilpatrick Hills; the single peak at their left-hand end is Doughnot Hill (Image). For the view in the opposite direction, see Image

This is a common flower, found in damp grassy places. Its flowers are quite similar to those of Yarrow (A. millefolium), but the finely dissected leaves of the latter are very different: Image Carman Hill is visible, right of centre, in the background. [Regarding the common name of this plant, the OED comments that its dried leaves were "powdered and used as a sternutatory" (i.e., to induce sneezing, for its supposed medical benefits). The specific name "ptarmica" is from Gk. "πταρμικός" (ptarmikós: "causing to sneeze"). Any similarity to "ptarmigan", the bird, is accidental; the latter word is entirely unrelated, and is from the Gaelic "tarmachan".]

The tower of Image can be seen on the right, with snow-covered Ben Ledi (Image, 38km / 24 miles) behind it. At the centre of the skyline is Gualann (Image, 20km / 12 miles), with less snow.

Another contributor's earlier (2011) picture: Image

This is the western end of the street; for the other end, see Image This area is also part of a core path from Hawthornhill to Dalmoak. That route leads uphill from Cardross Road (see Image), then cuts through Image to emerge at the point from which the present photograph was taken. It then continues directly ahead, leaving Hawthornhill by means of the western end of Cumbrae Crescent South, just left of the centre of the photo. At that point, the route leaves the built-up area behind; for the view from that spot, see Image

The view is the one obtained by turning left just after the point shown in Image For a view from about 70 metres further along this path, see Image, where the route to Dalmoak that is mentioned in the end-note leaves the area of housing.

After following the side of a hedge (Image) and then ascending a grassy slope, the route enters a built-up area here at Cumbrae Crescent South.

The view is from about 70 metres further along the path shown in Image, continuing in the same direction. At this point, the route to Dalmoak that is mentioned in the end-note leaves the area of housing, and carries on straight ahead, through a gap in the trees. It then leads down a slope, as shown in Image