Geography of Cambuslang

The Geography of Cambuslang relates the geological structure of one side of a major river - the Clyde - to the growth and influence of what is now a suburb of Glasgow. The History of Cambuslang is intimately connected to this geography.

The Reverend Dr John Robertson, Minister of Cambuslang Kirk, described it, in the Second Statistical Account of Scotland 1845. "“It is bounded by the Clyde on the north, which separates it from the Parish of Old Monkland; by the Calder on the east, which separates it from Blantyre; by part of Blantyre and Kilbryde, on the south; and by Carmunnock and Rutherglen on the west.”" The highest points in this low-lying Parish are Dechmont Hill (602ft) and Turnlaw (or Turnlea) Hill( 553)ft. There are remains of an iron age fort on Dechmont. The land slopes gently downwards to the North West to the River Clyde. The Clyde can overflow the lower parts. Dr Robertson is rather more optimistic, suggesting that ‘"the town is traversed by a romantic brook running into the Clyde’". He describes the course of the brook as a ‘"romantic gorge’". This is nowadays a park.=References=
* "See" Cambuslang main article