Dunglass Castle on the shore of the Clyde Estuary near Bowling to the west of Glasgow. Originally built in 1380 for the Barony of Colhouquon. By the 1700s it lay in ruins. In 1899, the house in the background was bought by the parents of the Glasgow Style artists Margaret and Frances MacDonald. The interior was later re-modelled by Margaret's husband, Charles Rennie MacKintosh.
I had a spell working in Glasgow in 1987 ... The year of the garden festival in the city ... Took a copy of a paperback collection of Para Handy stories.
That was the year I got to see the city. To admire it as I do my birth city of Birmingham.
@littlemouse I went up to see it on Friday, but they'd recovered it. I'll hopefully get up there today and take a look. From what I've seen of it while it was being built, it looks like it'll be pretty impressive.
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