Abbotshaugh Community Woodland

Abbotshaugh Community Woodland is situated north of Falkirk. The first community planting was the result of an advert in the local newspaper.The area planted in March 1996 was the site of Dalderse Mill Farm which was the last working farm in the Dawson ward of Falkirk. The second area planted in March 1998 was Farm Road Community Woodland which incorporated memorial plantings. The third area planted was Coblebrae Community Woodland in March 2000. All sites were planted as a native mixed woodland.

By 2001 there was some confusion regarding the areas that were planted and so a community group from the Dawson Ward of Falkirk called the Abbotshaugh Alliance was formed to represent the community interest.The name Abbotshaugh was chosen because it is an historically correct name for the land where th first and second planting took place.The woodlands are bound on the north by the river Carron which was straightened for most of its tidal coarse in the 18th century giving us the river as we know it today.The old river was recorded by Timothy Pont circa 1590,this survey was later used Gordon of Straloch when he compiled the Stirlingshire edition of Johan Bluae's Atlas Novus in 1654.The lands of Mungill{Mungal}and Daldarse{Dalderse}are part of the Coblebrae area.East of N:Daldarse Gordon shows tree's among the northern trees shown is the letter A.Neither Pont or Gordon use the full name Abbotshaugh because they did not feel it was safe reveal the area and its occupants....