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Apr 2, 2024 · TODAY, for the first time in this series, I am having to write a second column about an ancient town, Rutherglen, because as I researched the history of this royal burgh that is now in South Lanarkshire, I discovered that it has such an interesting story to tell. While I consider my general knowledge of Scotland to be adequate, I research and ...
- Hamish Macpherson
Rutherglen (/ ˈ r ʌ ð ər ɡ l ɪ n /; Scots: Ruglen, Scottish Gaelic: An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, three miles (five kilometres) from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde.
- 30,950 (mid-2020 est.)
- Scotland
- GLASGOW
- Lanarkshire
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Mar 26, 2024 · Rutherglen was probably a large village with an early strategic importance in the Clyde valley as the place where the tidal reach of the river reached its highest point. Coracles or even primitive sailing boats could move up and down the Clyde to and from Rutherglen, which was recognised as a township of sorts by the year 1126.
- Hamish Macpherson
Rutherglen. The ancient Royal Burgh of Rutherglen has been a thriving hub for nearly 1000 years and today retains an almost village-like atmosphere, despite being South Lanarkshire's third largest town. Rutherglen Town Hall is now a premier location for arts and cultural activities, exhibitions, conferencing, banqueting and weddings.
- Try Fortified Wine. Save time to explore the township of Rutherglen where the welcome sign ‘Sydney may have a nice harbour, but Rutherglen has a Great Port’ gives some indication of how proud the region is of its fortified wines.
- Walk the Main Street. A cairn marks the spot where gold was found in the 1860s in what is now Main Street and the town still retains much of its Victorian architecture and outback country town charm.
- Visit the Rutherglen Wine Experience & Visitor Information Centre. The Rutherglen Wine Experience and Visitor Information Centre, built in 1862 as a drapery, is a great place to start.
- Take a Tour. When you’re looking for a history lesson you can’t go past the Rutherglen Historical Town Guided Tour. An array of Historical Society members will take you on an informative stroll around the town.
Rutherglen. A town which now forms a southeastern suburb of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, Rutherglen lies to the south of the River Clyde 2 miles (3 km) south of Glasgow city centre and 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Cambuslang. Chartered in 1126 as one of the first of Scotland's royal burghs, the town developed as an important trading centre ...
Aug 30, 2019 · The gum tree-filled region is famous for two fortified wines in particular: Muscat and Topaque. Wine writer and author Jancis Robinson has called these traditional styles of Rutherglen Muscat and Topaque ‘…some of the most extraordinary in the world, and nowhere else has the vine stocks and arid climate to grow and mature anything like them.’
