This is in contrast to other parts of the New Town where historic local placenames or famous Scots or their art were incorporated into the street names.

[4] The area around modern Abronhill is still mainly farmland and woodland, although there is a new housing estate with 600 homes due to be built to the north of Forest Rd .

There was a period in Scotland when it was a capital offense to preach at unauthorized religious assemblies so the Covenanters chose meeting places like this hilltop with an eye on escape.

Ringleaders caught at these banned meetings would face the boot, or thumbscrews, or worse during the period known as The Killing Time.

[7] Nearby is the Dovecote (Doocot in Scots), a 16th-century historical site of interest, which was part of the original Flemming's estate.

This received a grant to be renovated from North Lanarkshire's Environmental Key Fund via the Scottish Wildlife Trust.

To the west of Abronhill and separating it from Kildrum is a deep[9] geographical divide called the Vault Glen.

[10] It involves the killing of Roman soldiers whose bodies were dumped in the river at Castlecary making it run red.