A bygone age - Kirkmabreck

Tuesday the 10th of February

It was a dull, dreary and murky day as I parked up close to Bagbie Sheds.

I'd decided I wanted to take a look at the old Kirkmabreck Church and Burial Ground 

and then onto the now defunct granite quarry whose stone built 

Liverpool's Albert Dock 

I walked here with the Ramblers in March 2011

Because of the dullness of the day, I've made all the pictures black and white.

It seemed the thing to do. 

Lots of pictures, very little description.

The first batch of pictures are from the church and graveyard ruins 

The central monument is to

Dr Thomas Brown the noted Scottish metaphysician, moral philosopher and poet.

After leaving the churchyard I headed uphill

I took this selfie for size comparison.

There's a lot of stone up here.

I wonder what this building was, there's a few initials on the walls

A lone building on high

A blog plug to any passing aircraft

I was intrigued when I blew up the previous picture. I must zoom in the next time.

There appears to be a ladder and possible a manhole.

Is that a large drainage pipe underneath I wonder ?

There's an interesting interview with a former quarryman Robert Ross on this page

A regional ethnology

Before heading back to the car, I got a few pictures of the surrounding area.

Cambrett

The Cree Shoreline

My best picture of the day

The only sunshine of the day

Bagbie Standing Stone

An old gatepost ?

Back at the Glebe, Snowy still stands.

Bye for now.