ABSTRACT
The peopling of the land now occupied by the city of Glasgow commenced sometime during the centuries following the last ice age when groups of itinerant hunters and gatherers moved into the area in search of a livelihood. The history of Glasgow provides an intriguing example of the influence of geological and geographical conditions on the development of a city. Glasgow occupies a strategic riverine location at the western end of the down-faulted Midland Valley, an important through-route linking the east and west coasts of central Scotland. The significance of this geographical location for the city’s subsequent development is matched, in equal measure, by the value of its geological inheritance. The natural resource most visible in the city today is, of course, the stone used in its construction. The most prominent relicts of the glacial era are the pearshaped hills or drumlins formed of till deposited and sculpted by the advancing glacier.
