Corlick Hill

No evidence of OS surface block, top soil not deep enough for it to be buried.

Looking towards Kilcreggan and Helensburgh from the summit of Corlick Hill

at the top of Auchenfoyle Road

Looking over Knocknairshill to the Clyde and Cardross.

On the B788 Auchmountain Road above Gibbshill.

See NS2973 : Lurg Moor Roman fortlet for a discussion of various other antiquities located nearby on the moor, with links to photographs. Compared to some of those sites, the remains shown in the present photograph are less conspicuous, but they are shown on the 1:25000 OS map. Several enclosures have been reported in the immediate vicinity of this one, but the remains shown in this photograph are the easiest to pick out visually. See Link (at Canmore) for further details; the subject of this photograph is structure "A" in that report, the D-shaped enclosure. Structures "A" and "B" together make up the enclosures that are depicted on the 1:25000 map. [See Link for an annotated satellite image (zoom out for other antiquities located nearby). The satellite view shows some other interesting details nearby: for example, only 60 metres ESE is another feature, the form of two overlapping circles: I examined that area on a later visit: NS3072 : Possible hut circles on Burnhead Moor.] The present photograph shows two ridges, both greener than the surrounding moor, but with some dark tussocks along their course. The nearer one is straight, and the more distant one is curved into a C-shape, with the open side toward the photographer, so that they are arranged (very roughly) as "C|". In the foreground, just below the centre of the photograph, part of the nearer (straight) ridge runs across the width of the image, sloping upwards to the right. Behind it is the other (curved) ridge. Only one half of its C-shape is seen in this view; the near end of that arm of the ridge is to the left of and slightly above the centre of the photograph. From there, the ridge can be followed to the right-hand edge of the picture. Providing confirmation of the view direction, Corlic Hill (called Corlick Hill on the OS map) appears centrally on the skyline.

The mound in the middle distance is a high point of the moor. A trig point can be seen there; for a closer look, see NS3073 : Trig point on Knocknairs Moor. The River Clyde is visible in the background. On the far side of the river, and extending from the left-hand edge of the image to behind the trig point, the slopes above the shore-side town of Helenburgh resemble a single low wide hill; behind its highest point, Glen Luss forms a gap in the mountains; the distant Cobbler (NN2505) and Ben Ime (NN2508) stand in the gap.

For a view of the trig point in context, see NS3073 : Knocknairs Moor. Its flush bracket number is S4982. The large town of Greenock is visible on the near shore of the Clyde. Out in the firth, the Rosneath Peninsula can be seen directly behind the trig point, with Loch Long to its left, and the Gare Loch to the right.

The ground to the west is rougher underfoot, not only here, but along the full length of the fence and wall. For background details on the left, see NS3073 : Knocknairs Moor. On the right, Ardmore Point (NS3178) can be seen jutting out from the far shore of the Clyde. Two hills, close together, can be seen behind it: Ben Bowie (NS3382), with the partially-afforested Killoeter (NS3481) to its right.

For the origins of the road's name, see NS2974 : Auchmountain Road. Knocknairshill Reservoir can be seen on the right: NS3073 : Knocknairshill Reservoir / NS3073 : Knocknair'shill Reservoir, Greenock / NS3073 : Knocknairshill Reservoir. Visible directly beyond the far end of the road are the slopes of Creachan Hill (NS3389), with the taller Ben Lomond (NN3602) behind.

The photograph was taken from NS3073 : Auchmountain Road. See also NS3073 : Knocknairshill Reservoir, NS3073 : Knocknair'shill Reservoir, Greenock, NS3073 : Knocknairshill and Harelaw Reservoirs, and NS3073 : Knocknairshill Reservoir.

The photograph was taken from the point where this road leaves NS3073 : Auchmountain Road. Not far ahead, a short track branches off southwards from Dougliehill Road, leading towards NS3073 : Knocknairshill Reservoir, but the road itself continues on a more or less eastward course (see NS3173 : Dougliehill Road and NS3273 : Dougliehill Road) across the moor, towards the houses and industrial estates above Port Glasgow. In relation to the present picture, the Devol Burn flows under Dougliehill Road just beyond the cattle grid, and on the near side of the area of gorse that can be seen to the left (north-east) of the road. See NS3073 : The Devol Burn at Dougliehill Road for a view of the burn, and NS3073 : Cattle grid on Dougliehill Road, taken nearby. Both views are in the opposite direction to the present picture. The 1:25000 map shows the burn and the cattle grid.

This photograph shows one of a pair of sluice gates located on the course of the Devol Burn. Just beyond the left-hand side of the sluice, another part of the burn can be seen joining this one from the right. The other sluice gate is located further up that part of the burn; compare NS3073 : Sluice gate on the Devol Burn. The foreground section of the burn had itself been diverted here by a wall that is located just 60m to the NNW, and which is shown in NS3073 : Old water valve beside the Devol Burn. See NS3073 : Auchmountain Road for a view along the section of road that can be seen in the background. [The first-edition OS map (c.1860) refers to the burn by its present name, Devol Burn, but earlier maps show some variation in the name. For example, John Ainslie's 1796 map shows the lower part of its course, the present-day NS3074 : Devol Glen, as "Divels Glen", while Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1740s-50s) shows "Devils Glen".]