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Kirkintilloch, Adamslie Park, Rob Roy Football Club
Football Ground (20th Century)
Site Name Kirkintilloch, Adamslie Park, Rob Roy Football Club
Classification Football Ground (20th Century)
Canmore ID 350579
Site Number NS67SW 121
NGR NS 64479 73734
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/350579
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Kirkintilloch (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Dunbartonshire
Photographic Record (13 May 2013)
Site visited by RCAHMS (NA) 13 May 2013 in anticipation of the site being redeveloped as housing.
Note (4 May 2016)
Oval football ground with stepped concrete spectator terraces in earthen embankments. A two storey brick main pavilion, with a concrete date plaque of 1954 and later rendered extension to the rear, lies to the North of the site. Immediately to the East, is the covered stepped spectator terrace. A brick turn style provides spectator entry to the grounds from the NW. All external metal features are painted red, to the pavilion an internal paint scheme of red and black remains – black and red being the team colours.
Rob Roy Football Club was founded in 1878, playing in various grounds until locating to Adamslie Park (the park having previously housed football team Kirkintilloch Harp) in 1926. The football team relocated to alternative grounds following sale of Adamslie Park.
Information from HES Survey & Recording (IF) 4 May 2016.
