Local History Group Archive 2014-16
This page provides a record of the visits made during the first three years of the Local History Group.
Our monthly field trips started in February 2014. The visits from 2014-2016 were as follows:
- A historical walk around Milngave Town Centre
- Visits to the Roman Remains in Bearsden and at Duntocher
- The Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University, with emphasis on the Roman Artefacts Exhibition
- The Glasgow Necropolis
- ‘How Glasgow Flourished’ exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- Stirling Castle
- The Auld Kirk Museum at Kirkintilloch
- Glasgow Cathedral
- People's Palace
- Paisley Abbey
- Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Nitshill
- Glasgow City Chambers
- Glasgow Police Museum
- Alasdair Gray exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- Great Tapestry of Scotland at Stirling Castle
- Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery
- Scotland Street School Museum
- Govan Church, Pierce Institute and Fairfield Heritage Centre
- Hopetoun House, South Queensferry
- Tenement House, Glasgow
- Bannockburn
- Georgian House and Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
- New Lanark Visitor Centre
- The Burrell Collection
- Dumbarton Castle
- Doune Castle
- Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies
- Hill House, Helensburgh
- Floors Castle
- Celts exhibition, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Glasgow University
- Riverside Museum, Glasgow
- Denny Tank Museum, Dumbarton.
The visit in April 2016 was to Dumbarton Castle. The visit was much enjoyed by all 18 of us who took part and most climbed to at least one of the two peaks on either side of the saddle. From the 5th century AD, when it was visited by St Patrick, until 1018, Dumbarton Rock was the capital of the Ancient British kingdom of Strathclyde. It was captured by the Vikings and William Wallace was reputedly imprisoned there during the Wars of Independence. King David II and Mary Queen of Scots both sheltered in the castle before leaving for France. The castle was refortified in the Jacobite period, and became a stronghold holding Napoleonic prisoners. It was even bombed twice during World War II. The castle is certainly well worth a visit but choose a warm day to enjoy the outdoor experience and a clear sky to best appreciate the views up and down the Clyde and to the north across the town.
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