White Cart Water, Glasgow
(Above image is a capture of the 'Ha'penny Bridge over the White Cart in Linn Park.) This morning, I was tempted out by a combination of clear blue skies, low angle sun and frosty conditions. This report provides images of my hiking/cycle trip along the bank of the White Cart Water (river) at Linn Park in south Glasgow. First stop was the historic and attractive 'Ha'penny Bridge' information on which has been sourced from Historic Environment Scotland and provided below. Dates from around 1811-1820. Single-span, ornamental cast iron bridge crossing the White Cart Water at Linn Park, Glasgow. The bridge is 43 feet long and 12 feet wide with a semi-elliptical depressed arch formed from four iron ribs spaced 4 feet apart and braced by rectangular frames held by bolts with square nuts. Each rib is cast with a decorative Greek frieze, pierced saltire lattice-work, gothic spandrels and distinctive 'ha'penny' roundels. The bridge has sandstone...