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Neoclassical Stone Pillars

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

55.76732, -4.24649

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit +43 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ringlet, Green-veined White, Common Carder Bee +20 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Ringlet, Green-veined White, Common Carder Bee +20 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Old Drove Road Walking RouteWalking route

Named route

White Cart WalkwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Stamperland WalkwayWalking route

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Magnificent 11Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 756Cycling route

Named routeRef 756National Cycle Network

Thornliebank to Mearns Cross Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A77 Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

East Kilbride to Strathaven cycle routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cathkin Braes Country Park BlueMountain bike route

Named route

Cathkin Braes Country Park GreenMountain bike route

Named route

Cathkin Braes Country Park RedMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

9,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +30

MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +30

MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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