Bearsden & District

Dougalston Loch

Photographs of a circular walk from Langbank

around The Ladies Pond

and Dougalston Loch

on the outskirts of Milngavie.

Saint Paul's Church at the foot of Baldernock Road

Bardowie Castle at Bardowie Loch

The castle was built in 1566

with additions being made in various centuries thereafter.

Originally the estate was owned by the Galbraith family.

It then passed through marriage

to the Hamiltons of Cadzow

and later to the Buchanan family.

It is now in private ownership.

Wikipedia - Bardowie Castle

The Glasgow Story - Bardowie Castle

Rampant Scotland - Bardowie Castle

RCAHMS - Bardowie Castle

Milngavie and Kilpatrick Hills from Baldernock Road

Campsie Fells above Bardowie Loch

Signpost on Baldernock Road for Dougalston Woodlands Walk

Campsie Fells above Dowan Farm

The Ladies Pond on Dougalston Estate

The Dougalston estate belonged to John Glassford,

a Glasgow Tobacco baron,

who enacted an extensive programme of planting and building

including the creation of an artificial lake

- Dougalston Loch.

Wikipedia - John Glassford of Dougalston

The Ladies Pond on Dougalston Estate

Milngavie Herald

Facebook - Milngavie & Bearsden Herald

The Ladies Pond on Dougalston Estate

Bridge over stream in Dougalston Estate

Dougalston Factor's House

Built in 1770 by Glasgow tobacco lord, John Glassford,

the Factor's House sits in twenty acres

of secluded gardens and woodlands

off the main Dougalston Road in Milngavie.