Glenhuntly Burn [Newark Church Burial Ground Inlet 2]

Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.

NGR:	NS 31878 74398
WGS84:	55.93316, -4.69288
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Not recorded
Tags:	Tunnel, ManMade
Registry:	second

Culvert Inlet on the line of the Glenhuntly Burn. Culvert runs under the east side of the burial ground at Newark Church [seems unlikely, investigation needed]. From the northeast corner of the churchyard the original line of the burn ran NE. passing just west of St Andrews Church towards Shore Strret and the replica of the steamship Comet (site of John Wood's shipyard).

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Glenhuntly was a Victorian villa [now demolished] on the hillside SW of Newark Church on the east side of the burn [now demolished, the site is now Hillside Drive, just west of Birkmyre Park].

Hydrographic Feeds: Glenhuntly Burn

Hydrographic Resurgences: Glenhuntly Burn

Links and Resources:

maps.nls.uk/view/74491930. Great Reform Act map, 1830. Glenhuntly was a large Georgian mansionhouse built in open land SW of Port Glasgow.
maps.nls.uk/view/74416749. 25" OS map, Port Glasgow Sheet II. 11.14, 1856. It is a strange fact that the surviving OS maps of Port Glasgow {and some other areas of Scotland) held by the Channel Islands are more detailed than the maps held in Scotland. The house marked Glenhuntly' on the 1856 map is the former Glenhuntly cottage. The original house was renamed West Glenhuntly.

This entry was last updated: 2025-10-06 10:37:54

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