Recently, Scottish National Heritage cleared the bush and trees around the ruins.
Left a view along the path just below the Castle at the top of the cliff.
Right, the same path seen looking up the cliff from below beside the river.
A fabulous set of photographs of the ruins taken 15th April 2020 by Dave McNicoll published on the Cathcart Community Facebook Page:
Several comments were made in which the following pictures were uploaded: Many of them taken from the links at the end of article.
In January 2017, the Simshill and Old Cathcart Community Council published the photograph to the left. It is taken from the North looking South.
And a fantastic "what it would could have looked like" Click the picture for the 360 degree image which opens in a new tab - be patient as it pans round 360 degrees ! A great thank you to Brian Thomas for this.
A series of photographs taken on the Gentlemen's Walking Club Wednesday Walk on 4th March 2020. We have annotated the photographs to the best of our ability: any comments are more than welcome.
The entrance is just near the Seil Drive entrance to the Park. As one enters there, the path is to your right after a few yards up into the trees heading North.
There are several other relevant pages and web links on this web site, namely:
- Why Cathcart: Ch 3: All about the Castle
- Why Cathcart: Ch 2:The Castle - House of Cathcart
- Recent History: 18th Century Improvements.
- Then and Now: Cathcart Castle - Photographs.
- Some Postcards: Cathcart Castle
- Battle of Langside: The story by Schiehallion.
- History of Cathcart: Scot Cities.
- Old Cathcart: Scot Cities.
Other rsesources on the web include:
- Cathcart Castle - Very overgrown ! castleuk.net
- Historic [Environment] Scotland - Cathcart Castle.
- Canmore - Cathcart Castle.
- Glasgow Archaeological Society - Cathcart Castle Publication [Produced under Grant September 2016 - Information requested 8th March 2020]
- Noted that the Mitchel Library hold some of their archived material under reference TD1457, which as yet [2nd November 2020] has not been indxed and so is unavailable on line, thanks: GL Archives <Archives@glasgowlife.org.uk>; Lynsey Green.
And about the Cathcart Clan:
- Scottish Clans - Clan Cathcart - Scotclans.com