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Photographs of the Town of Kilsyth and surroundings

 in the Central Belt of Scotland

Town of Kilsyth beneath the Kilsyth Hills

Town of Kilsyth

Kilsyth occupies a narrow strip of land

 between the
Kilsyth Hills to the north

 and the River Kelvin to the south.

Kilsyth is approximately midway between Glasgow

and Stirling in the central belt of Scotland.


The Forth and Clyde Canal runs close by

to the south about 1 mile from the town centre.



Anderson Church in Kilsyth town centre

Anderson Church

 in Kilsyth town centre.

Kilsyth Anderson Church was originally known

 in 1768 as the RELIEF Church,

 being a breakaway from the Established Church.

 In October 1900,

on the Union

of the United Presbyterian and Free Churches,

 the congregation decided that the building be known

 as the
Anderson Church.



Burns and Old Parish Church in Kilsyth

Burns and Old Parish Church
 
in Kilsyth

Kilsyth has a long tradition

of radical Protestantism.






Methodist Church in Kilsyth

Methodist Church in Kilsyth





Cemetery at Kilsyth

Cemetery at Kilsyth






Old photo of Kilsyth

Old photo of Kilsyth






Colzium Mansion House in Colzium Lennox Estate at Kilsyth

Colzium Mansion House

 in Colzium Lennox Estate

at Kilsyth







Craig en Goyne at Kilsyth

Craig En Goyne

at Kilsyth







Flooded old quarry at Auchinstarry Park at Kilsyth

Flooded old quarry

 at
Auchinstarry Park

 at
Kilsyth

Kilsyth was formerly rich

 in mineral resources.

The cliffs are an outcrop of quartz microgabbro


( a type of igneous / volcanic rock )
.

The quarry opened in the early 1800s.

 It supplied kerbs and cobblestones to the city of Glasgow



Flooded old quarry at Auchinstarry Park at Kilsyth

Flooded old quarry

 at
Auchinstarry Park

 at
Kilsyth






Flooded old quarry at Auchinstarry Park at Kilsyth

Flooded old quarry

 at
Auchinstarry Park

 at
Kilsyth





Flooded old quarry at Auchinstarry Park at Kilsyth

Flooded old quarry

 at
Auchinstarry Park

 at
Kilsyth





Swans in quarry at Auchinstarry Park at Kilsyth

Swans in quarry

 at
Auchinstarry Park

 at
Kilsyth






Climbers on quarry rock face in Auchinstarry Park.

Climbers on quarry rock face

 in Auchinstarry Park.



Croy Hill from Auchinstarry Park

Croy Hill

from
Auchinstarry Park






Croy Hill from Auchinstarry Basin on Forth and Clyde Canal at Kilsyth

Croy Hill is the site of part of

the Antonine Wall

and a Roman fortlet.





Kilsyth Hills above town of Kilsyth from Roman Fort on Barr Hill at Twechar

Kilsyth Hills

above town of Kilsyth

 from Roman Fort on Barr Hill

at Twechar





Tomtain from "Tak-me-doon" Road over the Kilsyth Hills

Tomtain ( 1486ft, 453m )

above town of Kilsyth

 from the "Tak-me-doon" Road


over the Kilsyth Hills





Location Map for Kilsyth and Tomtain

Location Map for Kilsyth and Tomtain


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