Retirement Properties Spotlight in Killearn

Killearn is an attractive large village on the 'Highland line' about 16 miles north of Glasgow in Stirlingshire. The Killearn Heritage Trail begins at the local health centre car park and there is a memorial to George Buchanan, 16th century poet, scholar and tutor to James VI.

Glasgow Lies on the River Clyde to the south and developed from being the furthest downstream fording point. St Mungo established a religious site here in the 6th century and the town grew in importance following King Davids reorganisation of the Bishopric. In the later middle ages Glasgow University was founded and when Daniel Defoe visited the city in the 18th century it was considered to be one of the fairest in the country. The industrial revolution brought massive change and the city became an important trading port with the Americas responsible for half of all the British tobacco trade. It later became one of the worlds largest shipbuilding centres and today has the largest economy in Scotland.