Summerston is a residential area of

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. With most of the housing constructed in the 1970s, it is situated in the far north of the city and is considered to be part of the larger

Maryhill Maryhill ( gd, Cnoc Màiri) is an area of the City of Glasgow in Scotland. Maryhill is a former burgh. Maryhill stretches over along Maryhill Road. The far north west of the area is served by Maryhill railway station. History Hew Hill, t ...

district, but has a different

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; other nearby neighbourhoods are

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to the south and

Cadder Cadder (Scottish Gaelic: ''Coille Dobhair'') is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located 7 km north of Glasgow city centre, 0.5 km south of the River Kelvin, and approximately 1.5 km nort ...

to the south-east. With open farmland to the north-east, Summerston is separated from the southern parts of the town of

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to the north-west by the

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and a golf course.

Amenities

Summerston has a

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run by UK charity Riding for the Disabled. The area is also home to St Blane's Primary and John Paul Academy. The 4th Glasgow Scout Beaver Colony and Cub Scout Pack are based in Caldercuilt Primary School at 101 Invershiel Road. It is also home to Summerston Childcare which is the most popular Family Learning and Out of School centre in Summerston having had a waiting list for their classes since their opening in 1995. Maryhill Harriers running club meet at John Paul Academy as well as various other clubs together with a range of fitness class in the evening at the school. Summerston has several large shops, including an ASDA, also a chemist. There was previously a B&M Bargain, Poundstretchers store and a flooring shop they have subsequently been removed and building remodelled to make way for new shops rumoured to be a Iceland and a home bargains. As of July 2021 the current shops are opened: Asda, Home Bargains, Gregg’s, Iceland. There is an entrance to Maryhill Park from Summerston which contains tennis courts, a children's play area and walking paths. The residential streets are mostly named after locations in the

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, including obscure places such as Gorstan,

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, Tolsta, Ardessie,

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and Milovaig.

History

The current Summerston railway station is about south of the original one which was on the

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. The original station was north and west of the

, close to the Summerston Farm and Cottages and the site of a

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on the

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. The fortlet was discovered from aerial observation in 1980. A temporary marching camp, south of the Kelvin, was found in 1978 also from the air. A sandstone distance slab was found at Summerston Farm before 1694. A video of scans taken from the stone has been produced. The slab, reminiscent of

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, was made by the Second Legion and depicts a helmeted horseman and naked captives. It is now in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. The slab was probably originally painted with bright pigments. The colours were found using X-ray and laser technology. The gory slabs showed natives with bright red blood on their faces, bodies and legs. The neighbouring forts to this forlet were at

to the west and at

Balmuildy Balmuildy is the site of a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It is one of only two forts on the Antonine Wall to have been found with stone ramparts; the other is Castlecary. A digital reconstruction of the fort has been created. L ...

to the east. Another Summerston slab can be compared with one found near Castlehill. Both these similar slabs, like two others from

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have two decorative pelta shields, one on either side of the slab. The horns of each shield are embellished with three rosettes on the Castlehill slab whereas the Summerton slab has these end in two griffins' heads. The first, badly weathered, slab has four rosettes between the shields and the inscription. It was found in 1803 on Low Millochan farm. The farm, later called East Millichen, is near Summerston. It was built into a dovecot and records the building of 3666.5 paces of wall by the Sixth Legion. MacDonald describes the work as coarse and relates that some of the abbreviations are unusual. He suggests that it stood side-by-side with what he calls no. 6 (RIB 2193) at Summerston. On the similar Castlehill slab (RIB 2196) he suggests the stone-cutter has blundered and made a letter P where he should have a letter F (for Fidelis) on the fourth line. The Castlehill slab also records 3666.5 paces although the units used are a matter of ongoing research. There is some evidence of a Roman bridge over the Kelvin between Summerston and Balmuildy. Summerston was part of the parish of Strathblane. Ironstone and coal were historically mined in the area.

References

External links

Neighbourhood Profile and statistics
at Understanding Glasgow (2012)
Black and White Town
music video by

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filmed partially at Summerston (as well as

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) and featuring local children {{Areas of Glasgow Forts of the Antonine Wall New Kilpatrick Areas of Glasgow Maryhill