The Finglen Burn is a burn in Scotland that runs from north east of the Earl's Seat (the highest point on the Campsie Fells ) to just north of Campsie Village where it merges with the Kirk Burn to form the Glazert Water . Named tributaries of the burn from the earliest to the latest are as follows: Cooper's Gote, Flaughter Burn, Earl's Burn, Altmarrage Burn, Almarnock Burn, Horse Burn, Almeel Burn and finally the Pow Burn.
5-464: In the History of Stirlingshire by William Nimmo, the burn is said to be named "to the alleged ancient resort of Giants". At one point there was a weaving factory on the burn at Haughhead . There was also once a printworks. There were once seven illegal stills operating at the same time on the burn. Soldiers once came to the burn to find the spirit smugglers but no action was taken despite them knowing
10-528: A river in Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Haughhead Haughhead is a hamlet two miles from Lennoxtown in East Dunbartonshire , Scotland. It was historically part of Stirlingshire until 1975, when it became part of Strathclyde along with many other towns and villages. Haughhead is home to a Retreat Centre called Schoenstatt. The Schoenstatts Sisters of Mary
15-451: The Finglen which came about from the rupture of a spring in the nearby hills. Damage was done to Finglen Bank Cottage, two fields of oats and barley, the west side of Haughhead and the most considerable was done to the railway bridge crossing the burn. 55°58′47″N 4°13′42″W / 55.979765°N 4.228416°W / 55.979765; -4.228416 This article related to
20-488: The smuggling was going on. When cholera broke out in 1854, the ill were going to be moved from Lennoxtown to the burn at a building in Haughhead, formerly the weaving factory, converted into a temporary hospital. Straw was given for bedding by Mr Galbraith of Kilwinnet but a riot broke out among the Haughhead people and they came and got rid of it and the temporary hospital went unused. On August 12, 1884, floods broke out on
25-568: Was founded in Germany in 1926 by Father Joseph Kentenich and is one of six Secular Institutes belonging to the Schoenstatt family. They are a community of consecrated women who have committed themselves to surrender to god in the spirit of Evangelical Counsels . At the present time, 2013, there are three sisters in the Schoenstatt in Haughhead. An annual school trip of all of the Catholic primary schools in
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