It lies to the south of the village of Strathblane, and was in the civil parish.

It was considered the main village of the civil parish of Strathblane.

In the year 750 a battle was recorded in the Annals of Ulster as having taken place 'between the Picts and the Britons'.

Talorgan, son of Uurgust, brother of Unust King of the Picts, died there.

This is fairly plausibly explained as Mugdock, which lies roughly in the area where the ancient Pictish and Breton kingdoms must have met.