[2][3][1] Neighbourhoods of Easterhouse include Provanhall, Kildermorie, Lochend, Rogerfield and Commonhead, as well as Wellhouse, Easthall and Queenslie which are separated from the other parts by the M8 motorway running east–west through the area.

The nearby communities of Barlanark, Craigend, Cranhill, Garthamlock and Ruchazie were constructed using the same building principles and have suffered from similar problems.

[4][5][6] The remains of crannogs from the Iron Age were found in Bishop Loch, dating from around 700 BC by an archaeological dig in 1898.

The Forestry Commission administers land around Easterhouse under the name 'Bishops Estate',[8] thus maintaining a link to the medieval bishops.

The far western and far northern parts of modern-day Easterhouse are believed to have been administered by the prebends of Barlanark, called the 'Lands of Provan' but the boundaries of this has never been accurately defined.

The lands remained under the monks until 1268 when Bishop John de Cheam (Cheyam) redeemed the 'lands along the Clud' (Clyde) called Kermyl (Carmyle) - most of the area now comprising modern Easterhouse were included in this grant - to sustain three chaplains to 'minister for the salvation of the Bishop's soul and also for the souls of all the faithful deceased'.

In Timothy Pont's map and manuscript of 1596 the area where the late 19th century village of Easterhouse later developed was called 'Conflat'.

Contrary to the stained glass window in Morrisons, Glasgow Fort, the villagers worked in a number of industries including the canal, the stone quarry at Auchinlea,[10] coal mines at Gartloch and Baillieston but mainly in the surrounding farms and estates as agricultural workers.

For example, the lack of basic amenities, such as shops, sports, other recreational grounds, such as cinemas and poor transport links.

This along with a lack of any stable pre-existing community structure and unemployment in the area contributed to the rise of youth gang culture.

This became so notorious in the 1960s that celebrities including Frankie Vaughan became involved in community issues in an attempt to bring order and attract resources to the area.

[27] This has attracted significant amount of privately owned property and investment into the area, including the provision of better transport links and amenities.

[citation needed] The crime problems in Easterhouse and many surrounding areas in Glasgow's East End are often associated with "Ned culture".

Easterhouse was infamous for having a gang problem; these were not organised crime groups, and many members stated that there were no leaders, no money and no narcotics involved and the regular fighting between them, often fuelled by alcohol and involving dozens of participants on each side, was purely territorial, a problem in most working-class areas of Glasgow,[33][34] although perhaps more prominent in Easterhouse than anywhere else.

[32][35][36][4][25] The gangs were formed by unemployed teens and young adults who complained that there was nothing to do in the area, so drinking would go on throughout the day until erupting into violence at night.

This led to pervading isolation, territorialism, cycles of seeking revenge for past incidents and general acceptance of violence as inevitable, continuing through the generations.

[4][25][40] In the early 21st century various methods have been used in an effort to reduce the violence and prevent the patterns of gang culture repeating itself, which have been successful to a large extent in terms of eliminating the territorialism: the different neighbourhoods are still sometimes referred to by their gang terms but the territories are no longer habitually 'defended' from rivals by the local teenagers.

The kitchen boasts a fireplace capable of roasting an ox and has one of the finest examples in Scotland of a Roman style barrel vaulted ceiling.

The hall may have been visited by Mary, Queen of Scots while her husband, Lord Darnley was ill in St. Nicholas Hospital (Provand's Lordship) in the late 16th century.

The coat of arms of the Hamilton family, which at that time owned the estate, is found above the entrance arch of that wall.

[24] There is a large amount of unoccupied waste ground in the area which was previously occupied by demolished tenements and is yet to be reused.

[23] Fire service (1964, refurbished 2007)[79] and police (1973)[26] stations covering the north-east of Glasgow are based in the centre of Easterhouse.

Shopping areas include the Glasgow Fort, a large, semi-circular high street-style retail park on the western periphery of Easterhouse at Garthamlock which has many well-known high street stores, including Morrisons Scottish flagship supermarket,[citation needed] several restaurants and a cinema.

There is a smaller shopping centre dating from the 1960s, previously known as Shandwick Square before being rebranded as The Lochs in 2018,[80] with a McDonald's restaurant outside.

Public art installations include a Clydesdale horse and a Phoenix sculpted from galvanized steel by Andy Scott.

After investigation by the Catholic Church, John Ogilvie was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1976, and he became Scotland's first saint since the reformation and for over 700 years.