Bearsden & District

Jaw Reservoir

Photographs of a walk to Jaw Reservoir,

Cochno Loch and Cochno Hill

in the Kilpatrick Hills

above the River Clyde

on the outskirts of Bearsden

The walk yields views of the River Clyde,

Dunellan, Duncolm, Ben Lomond, The Slacks

and the Campsie Fells.

Signpost to Jaw Reservoir

on Cochno Road

at entrance to Edinbarnet House

Lady's Lynn

Waterfall on the Jaw Burn

on route to Jaw Reservoir

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Cochno House ( b1757 )

The mansion was built in 1757

to replace an earlier house erected by the Hamiltons of Cochno

and extended in 1842.

The University of Glasgow purchased the estate in 1954

and established the Cochno Farm and Research Centre there.

Glasgow University Archives used part of the house

as an out-store during the 1980s,

and it was renovated in the 1990s

to serve as a teaching and conference facility.

Glasgow University - Vet School - Cochno House Research Centre

The Glasgow Story - Cochno House

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Cochno Stone

one of Europe's most extraordinary examples of prehistoric rock art.
Spanning 13 meters by 8 meters,
this sandstone slab is etched with a stunning array
of cup-and-ring marks, spirals, and geometric patterns,
believed to date back over 5,000 years to the Neolithic or Bronze Age.
First uncovered in 1887,
it was reburied in 1965 to shield it from vandalism.

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Path to Jaw Reservoir

View

from Path to Jaw Reservoir

Path to Jaw Reservoir

Grey Mare's Tail Waterfall

on the Jaw Burn

on route to Jaw Reservoir

Grey Mare's Tail Waterfall

River Clyde

on route to Jaw Reservoir

City of Glasgow

on route to Jaw Reservoir

Jaw Reservoir and Dunellan ( Jesus' Thimble ) in the Kilpatrick Hills

Jaw Reservoir

and Dunellan

in the Kilpatrick Hills

Cochno Loch and Jaw Reservoir in the Kilpatrick Hills

Cochno Loch, Jaw Reservoir

and Duncolm

in the Kilpatrick Hills

Cochno Loch, Jaw Reservoir

in the Kilpatrick Hills

View from Cochno Hill of Cochno Loch, Jaw Reservoir and Dunellan ( Jesus' Thimble ) in the Kilpatrick Hills

View from Cochno Hill

of Cochno Loch, Jaw Reservoir

and Dunellan

in the Kilpatrick Hills

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View from Cochno Hill

of Cochno Loch, Jaw Reservoir

and Dunellan

in the Kilpatrick Hills

Cochno Loch, Jaw Reservoir

in the Kilpatrick Hills

Duncolm

in the Kilpatrick Hills

Ben Lomond is also to be seen

The Slacks

in the Kilpatrick Hills

The Slacks above Greenside Reservoir

Campsie Fells

from Cochno Hill

Dam on Jaw Reservoir

Map of Jaw Reservoir

and Cochno Loch

Map of Cochno Hill

and Black Loch

Map of Jaw Reservoir,

Cochno Loch

& Duncolm

JAW RESERVOIR - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:

Location: Kilpatrick Hills
Map: OS Landranger 64{ GR471775 }
Distance: 10 miles { 16.5km }
Time= 5 hours 30 minutes
Terrain: track and path

The Kilpatrick Hills lie between Bearsden and Dumbarton overlooking the River Clyde and offer walks to distinct, if small, summits with ﬁne views.
The terrain is mostly grassy moorlami with tracks and paths, giving fairty straightforward walking.
Duncolm, with its bun-shaped summit, is the highest point and the route here links it with Cochno Hill and The Slacks. two lower summits.
The route can be started from Duntocher via the Auchancraig path beside the Cochno Burn which leads to Cochno Road, or from the car park at
GR 503740 on Cochno Road.
Exit back to the road, turn right and straight ahead on to the access road to Coclmo Farm, following a footpath signpost to Jaw Reservoir.
Leave the road on the right at another sign, go through a kissing gate, round a ﬁeld to another gate, then straight on to another gate giving access
to a track. Follow the track up and through the break in the trees from where a distinct path leads up to open hillside.
Keep right where the path divides, ascending beside the small Grey Mare's Tail waterfall to Jaw Reservoir.
Head left on a grassy track, keeping left where it divides, to gain the high ridge and summit of Cochno Hill.
From here. the route is clear. The Slacks lies to the west across the glen of the Loch Humphrey Burn and Duncolm to the north.
From the top of Cochno Hill descend the right-hand of two grassy tracks heading to the rightmost of the electricity pylons from where a stony track leads to the dam across Greenside resevoir. Cross over and ascend another grassy track to the trig point on top of The Slacks, and views to the Clyde and Erskine Bridge.
From the top descend a grassy track west for a short way, then sharply north-east to avoid a boggy area and gain a fence line on the craggy northern side. Follow the fence west along the crest of Boglairoch and down to the gravel track beside Loch Humphrey.
Head rightwards towards Duncolm, to where the track ends at a gate and a grassy track continues round Little and Middle Duncolm, to the ﬁnal ascent to the trig point on Duncolm.
Descend south from the summit on a steep path beside at fence to a wall. which is followed to a stile giving access to a marshy path left of the fence.
Cross the burn. staying close to the fence to reach a stile and Greenside Reservoir. A path continues round the east side of the reservoir to the dam and the outward route, which is reversed to the start.