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This is to some extent speculation, however it is only in the past 20 odd yours that there has been a requirement to carryout archaeological surveys on significant sites before development (PPG16 then PPS 5). Old Glasgow is probably buried under several metres of occupation debris as is most very ol...

I regularly worked there in the 1950s setting out new track alignments as an engineer with the then, British Railways. I recall there was a 'hot metal road' on which hot ingots were transported from the ironworks to the steelworks. Due to their heat and weight, the sleepers were at 18 inch centres r...

Gogarburn,
that was in 1953.
I was an apprentice engineer surveying a new sewer route.
The waste was largely glass vials used for injections. There is a lot of open land and woodland so I suppose it was no big deal.

John

The hospital where I found clinical waste dumps in its grounds was Gougerburn, West Lothian in the 50s. In truth, I have worked in many sites where little thought has been given to waste- at London Docklands in the 80s, the access junction to Canary wharf was built over hundreds of tonnes of old was...

In this forum, the sites known as the 'soda waste', and the 'sugarolly mountain' have been referred to in the past, in living memory to my knowledge, many areas of Glasgow, particularly in the east end have been subject to dumping of industrial waste on any convenient quarry site or un-fenced vacant...

When I started this thread, I said that i could not recall any such event in Glasgow, but have been away since about 1980. i note that the incidents which have been referred to, are all relatively recent. This leads me to the suggestion that such potential collapses are now becoming more regular, as...

I must add Agnes Macklehose born Agnes Craig in the Saltmarket. She was immortalized by Robert Burns in the song 'Ae Fond Kiss' Just about the best love song I have ever heard. This love may have been unrequited but her maid may have given him a son? He called her Clarinda and she him, Silvander alt...

Being away from Glasgow for forty years, I did not know of these subsidences but am not surprised. I did not mention the danger from stoop and room/pillar and stall workings which was the traditional mining technique. I this case, not all the coal was removed but the roof was supported by columns of...

Thanks for that Moonbeam, Glad to know that I was not exaggerating the issue! i have been away from my home town for many years so am not up to date with what has gone on. I was a bit hesitant in mentioning specific locations but at the same time, people should be aware of these matters. Problem is ...

when I was a wee lad in Robroyston I remember that there was two old open mineshafts which were simply cordoned-off by six feet high walls. We often threw bricks down them, counting to about 20 before we heard the crash as they hit the bottom! I trust they have long ago been properly filled and seal...

The presence of crannogs on the Clyde between Langbank and Dumbuck have been known for over 100 years but I understand that the more recent sites have been added. In Particular, that at Old Kilpatrick must have had a close relationship with the terminal fort of the Anthonine Wall there. I have compa...

Thanks moonbeam, for taking up this very serious subject proper consideration- I well recall the 'acid rain' which choked me in my youth and spawled the faces of tenements in the east end of the city. I maintain that much dumped rubbish is still there underground in many sites which have been subseq...

Living in East Glasgow in the 40s I can recall that there was mounds of rubbish, mainly of an industrial nature dumped of many areas of open land. For instance, the former quarries east of Firpark Street in Dennistoun had been end-tipped in the past such that myself and pals regularly excavated deco...

Dear all, In addition to the previous comments, it would appear that I have got the 'Tail and crag' format of this geological feature wrong. Based on the new detail from the 2013 geological study, it would now appear that the area of the necropolis is actually part of the 'crag' rather than the 'tai...