The Wee White Cart Rapids Traditional Cache
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The Wee White Cart Rapids
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A small cache hidden on the banks of the White Cart River within Ross Hall park.
We hope you enjoy this lovely little park behind Ross Hall Hospital. There is an easy entry, no need to jump the fence.
There are 4 entrances to the Park. The main entrance is by the red gatehouse on Crookston Road (opposite The Pines pub). The 2nd entrance is approx 100m south of the Hospital. This entrance forms part of the cycle path that runs along the River Cart. The 3rd entrance is at the end of the small road marked 'private' approx 100m north of the gatehouse. The 4th entrance can be accessed from the football pitches near Crookston Castle.
Your GPS may struggle in the area due to the trees within the park, but the hint should help.
This is a lovely little park to explore. I used to come to the Grotto as a child. It is a great park for children. As well as the Grotto there are lots of paths winding through the trees on the south side of the park beside the river to explore, a lovely pond as well as a play area. It also has the remains of the Scottish Hotel School with quite an impressive chimney stack still standing.
The earliest records indicate Ross Hall Estate was developed by the Rosse family of Hawkhead who originally owned the land and have a long association with the area dating back as far as the 13th century.
In the early 18th century the estate was owned by Glasgow Merchant Peter Murdoch, who is attributed with laying out the grounds, of the first house to occupy the site known as Rosshill, he also planted trees and created several walks forming the basis of the current landscape.
During the 1870’s the estate was purchased by James Cowan who built the distinctive three-storey red sandstone house to replace the first house. Built in a Scots 17th century revivalist style the interior reflected the then contemporary style of Chinoiserie, oriental influences on European interiors and garden designs.
Cowan developed the grounds, bringing in the nationally acclaimed company of Pulham & Son to construct a substantial rock garden.
After the death of Cowan in 1907, the estate was purchased by Fredrick Lobnitz, the owner of a shipbuilding company based in Renfrew who lived at Rosshall between 1908 and 1947. He continued to develop the grounds and took a particular interest in the rock garden, where he introduced many specimen plants imported from overseas. Through this process, the horticultural content of the gardens was improved and by 1920 Rosshall boasted an outstanding fernery within the grotto and an extensive range of specimen trees and shrubs of generally an Asian/Oriental character. Many of these remain today, but much of the ornamental planting within the rock garden has perished.
In 2001 The Rock Garden structures were listed Category B and as such it represents the only garden of its type to receive listed status in Scotland. The rock garden represents the finest example of Pulham and Sons work in Scotland
Good luck and enjoy 
Well done Finlay and Sherbert Lemon on being FTF.
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