Kelvinhead

Kelvinhead

Kelvinhead is a very small community within the vicinity of the village of Banton in Scotland. Located close to the source of the River Kelvin, it is little more than a collection of a few houses along the A803 road between Kilsyth and Banknock.

Reputedly Kelvinhead is the site of where the first crop of potatoes was grown in Scotland.


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