I stopped off on my morning cycle to take a couple of photos of the bridge over the White Cart Water in Pollok Park. The earliest known owner of Pollok was Roland de Mearns whose heiress, Mary, married Sir Aymer Maxwell of Caerlaverock. In 1270 Sir Aymer granted part of his estates, 'Nether Pollok', to his third son, Sir John Maxwell, 1st Knight of Pollok. In 1737 the 2nd Baronet, Sir John, commissioned plans for the mansion house, which was built in 1750-52. The 3rd Baronet was responsible in 1757-8 for the building of this fine stone bridge, making it some 254 years old, nearly two centuries older than me!.
look close at the centre section in the 80s a police panda car went throughit and into the river,frogmen searched the river for the masonry to rebuild it,rumour has it they were at Lochinch partying?
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