Kilsyth Fountain

Kilsyth Fountain is a memorial in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Kilsyth Fountain is situated nearby to Burngreen Park, as well as near Kilsyth Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bar Hill Fort and Croy railway station.

Bar Hill Fort

Archaeological site

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bar Hill Fort was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was built around the year 142 CE. Older maps and documents sometimes spell the name as Barr Hill. Bar Hill Fort is situated 1½ miles southwest of Kilsyth Fountain.

Croy railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Croy railway station serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld – in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 11+1⁄2 miles northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. Croy railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Kilsyth Fountain.

Broadwood Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical, as well as Cumbernauld Colts of the Scottish Lowland Football League, and Rangers W.F.C of the Scottish Women's Premier League. Broadwood Stadium is situated 2½ miles south of Kilsyth Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilsyth and Croy.

Kilsyth

Photo: Excalibur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kilsyth is a town on Clydeside, historically part of Lanarkshire, in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's 15 miles northeast of Glasgow near the watershed between the Clyde and Forth river catchments, at a point where the natural lowland routes become pinched between the Lanarkshire moors, the abrupt Campsie Fells, and sucking bogs.

Croy

Village

Croy is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. A former mining community, Croy is situated south of Kilsyth and north of Cumbernauld, some 13 miles from Glasgow and 37 miles from Edinburgh on the main railway line between the two cities.

Queenzieburn

Village

Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Queenzieburn is a small settlement in the historic county of Stirlingshire and the Council Area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its estimated population is 520. Queenzieburn is situated 1½ miles west of Kilsyth Fountain.

Kilsyth Fountain

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “The Drinking Fountain / 1910 / Gifted To The Burgh Of Kilsyth By / Provost Robert Murdoch To / Commemorate His Retiral After 25 / Years Of Public Service On The / Town Council / Cast Iron Made By The Lion / Foundry, Kirkintilloch.”
Category: historic site
Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.97742° or 55° 58′ 39″ north

Longitude

-4.0536° or 4° 3′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C7QXWGW+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5589455165

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Burngreen Park and Kilsyth Museum.

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