Rouken Glen Park.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:20 pm
Anyone familiar with this place?
Three areas specifically, two of which I remember kinda confusing me when I read about them in a pamphlet when I was a kid.
The two I read about were "The Bamboo Maze" and "The Devil's Staircase".
Does anyone know if the bamboo by the burn ever was an actual maze, or just a thicket?
It's at the bottom of "The Devil's Staircase" which was allegedly so named because of a carving in one of the stones by it's side? Again, I never did find it.
Then there's the tombstone.
This WASN'T mentioned in the booklet, but I've managed to find it - Apparently the man responsible for the park's landscaping is buried ( Although I find it more likely that the stone is simply a memorial ) under a large rock jutting out into the gorge from the top of the park.
There IS a stone there with writing on it... I'll need to nip down sometime and get photos...
Three areas specifically, two of which I remember kinda confusing me when I read about them in a pamphlet when I was a kid.
The two I read about were "The Bamboo Maze" and "The Devil's Staircase".
Does anyone know if the bamboo by the burn ever was an actual maze, or just a thicket?
It's at the bottom of "The Devil's Staircase" which was allegedly so named because of a carving in one of the stones by it's side? Again, I never did find it.
Then there's the tombstone.
This WASN'T mentioned in the booklet, but I've managed to find it - Apparently the man responsible for the park's landscaping is buried ( Although I find it more likely that the stone is simply a memorial ) under a large rock jutting out into the gorge from the top of the park.
There IS a stone there with writing on it... I'll need to nip down sometime and get photos...