Extract
'Callendar Wood has formed a dramatic backdrop to the town of Falkirk for over 500 years. The wood was part of the Livingston family's Callendar Estate bought by William Forbes in 1783 and at this time the wood was largely oak coppice woodland with extensive mine workings. This landscape was transformed into a more ornamental woodland as the 19th century progressed with the addition of kennels, mausoleum, lodge houses, avenues and carriageways.'

Along the way:
- Barrel Well dates back to 1791 when the Well supplied water to the town of Falkirk
- Kennels (example of an early mid Victorian dog kennels with its own central heating system for the hounds) ...

Information courtesy of Forestry Commission Scotland