Almondell Country Park Wall Art
Almondell is situated in the former grounds of Almondell House, built in 1789 by the lawyer, politician and Lord Advocate Henry Erskine (1746-1817). Erskine was friends with the poet Robert Burns and is the subject of Burns' poem The Dean of the Faculty. Burns was a frequent visitor to Almondell. Erskine's descendants continued to live at Almondell, but the house had become derelict by the 1960s, and it was blown up by the Territorial Army in 1969 in a training exercise. Many of the trees and shrubs in the park today were planted by Erskine himself.
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Under the Bridge
Under the Bridge
The Nasmyth Bridge and River Almond
The Nasmyth Bridge, Almondell, West Lothian
The Nasmyth Bridge, Almondell
Calderwood Birch Trail
Poppies, East Calder
Almondell Shelter
Almondell Country Park Shelter
River Almond and the Nasmyth Bridge
Camps Viaduct, East Calder