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Glenarbuck, a ravine in Old Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire, running down the face of the Kilpatrick Hills from Craigarestie (1166 feet) 1 ½ mile southward to the Clyde in the eastern vicinity of Bowling Bay. It looks like a broad deep rent in the hills, formed by the vertical stroke of an earthquake. Glenarbuck House stands on a slope between its foot and the Clyde, and is a fine mansion, embosomed in wood.Ord. Sur., sh. 30,1866.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a ravine" (ADL Feature Type: "canyons") |
Administrative units: | Old Kilpatrick ScoP Dunbartonshire ScoCnty |
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