Hardgate

Hardgate
An aerial view of Hardgate
Hardgate  Hardgate shown within West Dunbartonshire
OS grid reference	NS502725
Council area	West Dunbartonshire
Lieutenancy area	Dunbartonshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLYDEBANK
Postcode district	G81
Dialling code	01389
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	West Dunbartonshire
Scottish Parliament	Clydebank and Milngavie
List of places UK Scotland

Coordinates: 55°55′19″N 4°24′11″W / 55.922°N 4.403°W

Hardgate is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Hardgate has probably been settled since neolithic times with a burial site at Knappers Farm, a cup and ring marked stone and a Burial chamber near Cochno Loch providing evidence of this.^[1]

Although it is a far older settlement, it is administratively part of nearby Clydebank along with the neighbouring village of Duntocher and now lies in the West Dunbartonshire local authority area.

Dunn's Mills operated a cotton mill in the 19th century. It continued to produce thread and yarn until its destruction during the Clydebank Blitz in 1941.^[2]

The village expanded due to house building by Clydebank town council after World War II, and later by the Wimpey firm in the early 1970s on what had been green belt land.

References

1. "The Leading The Clydebank Story Site on the Net". TheClydebankStory.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
2. Hood, John. Old Bowling, Duntocher, Hardgate, Milton and Old Kilpatrick. Stenlake Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 1840333197.

External links

• Clydebank Through A Lens — a documentary about Clydebank, Scotland from the 1960s to '80s
• Post-Blitz Clydebank — a documentary about Clydebank, Scotland from 1947 to 1952