| Comment | Yep, quite a bit of history in this area.
The Hill family of Garbraid had an Estate a bit to the south of Dawsholm, and the last Lord of Garbraid, Lord Hew Hill, died without a male heir, so left the estate to his daughter, Mary Hill. It is from here we get the area name of Maryhill.
Mary Hill then married into the Graham family who held the Dawsholm estate to the north of her Garbraid estate. They opened coal mines in the area for income. The mines weren't very successful and eventually closed. They sold the lands of Dawsholm to the City, but kept a small parcel to the north, exactly one acre of land, which is where we get the name for the neighbourhood of Acre near the boundary of the city limits. You can access Acre just off the big roundabout on the road out of Glasgow heading to Canniesburn Toll.
So, the old stone remains you seen are the historical vestiges of the Graham/Hill estate. There's a fenced off section in park with 'Danger - Keep out' signs, which is where an access point to the old coal mines is. The pit has been filled, but the ground is unstable and gets waterlogged.
There are also old stone walls in Acre, which forms the later estate.
(There's also a section of the Antonine Wall that can be found in Maryhill Park nearer Summerston). |
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