It was the site of the settlement, Mellingdenor, that grew to become the kernel of Glasgow, and where St Mungo founded his church in the 6th century.

[2] Richard Thomas' 1795 "Map of the town of Glasgow & country seven miles around" clearly shows the course of the burn.

Approaching the city, the course turned south past "Kirk" and down the route of the present day Wishart Street, passing under what are now Duke Street and Gallowgate to pass in front of St Andrew's Church.

Short stretches of the burn can be seen above ground in Molendinar Park (in the Blackhill / Provanmill area)[5][6] and beside the former Great Eastern Hotel on Duke Street.

The burn now enters the Clyde 125 m (137 yd) upstream of the 1795 confluence point, near the Tidal Weir.