Cadder
{{Short description|District of Bishopbriggs, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Scotland
| static_image_name = Cadder parish church in 2005.jpg
| static_image_width = 265
| static_image_caption = Cadder parish church erected in 1830{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=John Marius|title=The gazetteer of Scotland|date=1882|publisher=W. & A.K. Johnston|location=Edinburgh|page=65|url=https://archive.org/stream/gazetteerofscotl00wilsuoft#page/64/mode/2up/|access-date=27 February 2018}}
| coordinates = {{coord|55.92|-04.22|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Cadder
| gaelic_name = Coile Dobhair
| population =
| unitary_scotland = East Dunbartonshire
| constituency_westminster = East Dunbartonshire
| constituency_scottish_parliament = Strathkelvin and Bearsden
| post_town =
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| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = NS6172
}}
Cadder (Scottish Gaelic: Coille Dobhair) is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located 7 km north of Glasgow city centre, 0.5 km south of the River Kelvin, and approximately 1.5 km north-east of Bishopbriggs town centre, sited on the route of the Forth and Clyde Canal. There is a Glasgow council housing scheme of a similar name, generally pronounced Cawder, in the district of Lambhill some {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} to the south-west along the Canal, which was built in the early 1950s. Similarly, within Cadder, there is Cawder Golf Club, which also uses that original pronunciation.
History
File:Romanwallinscotl00macduoft raw 0387v2.png
File:Romanwallinscotl00macduoft raw 0405Cadder.png since other 2nd Legion distance slabs were found there.{{cite book|last1=Macdonald|first1=Sir George|title=The Roman wall in Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald|date=1934|publisher=The Clarendon press|location=Oxford|page=404|edition=2d ed., rev., enl., and in great part rewritten|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3760345;view=2up;seq=576;size=200|access-date=11 October 2017}}]]
In antiquity, Cadder was the site of a Roman fort{{cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45247/cadder|title=Cadder|access-date=2017-11-18 |work=CANMORE |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland}} on the route of the Antonine Wall.{{cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45239/antonine-wall-wilderness-plantation-easter-cawder-cadder|title=Antonine Wall: Wilderness Plantation - Easter Cawder - Cadder
|access-date=2017-11-18 |work=CANMORE |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland}} Its neighbouring forts are Balmuildy to the west and Kirkintilloch to the east although there are intermediate fortlets at Wilderness Plantation to the west and Glasgow Bridge to the east.{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9263&lon=-4.2142&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=12 October 2017}} The Second Legion may have been responsible for building the fort.{{cite web|title=RIB 2188. Building inscription of the Second Legion Augusta|url=https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/2188|website=Roman Inscriptions of Britain|access-date=18 November 2017}} John Clarke of the Glasgow Archaeological Society excavated the remains in the 1930s.{{cite web|title=The Journal of Roman Studies (Volume 24, Issue 1, 1934, pp. 104-105)|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/clarke-john-the-roman-fort-at-cadder-near-glasgow-being-an-account-of-excavations-conducted-under-the-auspices-of-the-glasgow-archaeological-society-glasgow-jackson-wylie-and-co-1933-pp-xii-93-with-10-plates-and-19-figures-12s-6d/42906508EB598FC52B667A844FCBFB38|website=Cambridge University Press|access-date=29 April 2018}} Sir George Macdonald also wrote about the excavation of the site.{{cite book|last1=Macdonald|first1=Sir George|title=The Roman wall in Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald|date=1934|publisher=The Clarendon press|location=Oxford|pages=297–312|edition=2d ed., rev., enl., and in great part rewritten|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3760345;view=2up;seq=430;size=200|access-date=11 October 2017}} The site was destroyed by sand quarrying in the 1940s.{{cite web|title=CADDER: FORT|url=http://www.antoninewall.org/system/files/documents/Cadder-%20Fort.pdf|website=Frontiers of the Roman Wall|access-date=25 November 2017}} A sketch of the medieval motte made by Skinner still survives.{{cite web|last1=Rohl|first1=Darrell, Jesse|title=More than a Roman Monument: A Place-centred Approach to the Long-term History and Archaeology of the Antonine Wall|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9458/1/DarrellRohl_PhDThesis_2014.pdf?DDD6+#page=308|website=Durham Theses|publisher=Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online ref: 9458|access-date=14 October 2017}} One find at Cadder was an oil lamp which is associated with the bath house of the fort.{{cite web|title=Oil Lamp, Cadder|url=https://vimeo.com/134602884|access-date=12 November 2017}} Before the Reformation the lands of Cadder and the kirk belonged to the Bishops of Glasgow.{{cite book |title=The new statistical account of Scotland |date=1845 |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons for the Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy |location=Edinburgh and London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/b21365805_0006/page/n415/mode/2up?q=bishops-bridge 298]-315 |volume=6 |url=https://archive.org/details/b21365805_0006/page/n415/mode/2up?q=bishops-bridge}}{{cite book|last1=Brotchie|first1=T.C.F.|title=Some Sylvan Scenes near Glasgow|date=1921|publisher=Aird & Coghill|location=Glasgow|pages=35–38|url=https://archive.org/stream/somesylvanscenesbrot#page/36/mode/2up|access-date=3 December 2017}} In the 18th century James Dunlop of Garnkirk being a wealthy landowner opposed Thomas Muir and the congregation at Cadder over who appointed their minister.{{cite book |last1=Barclay |first1=William |title=The statistical account of Scotland |date=1791 |publisher=W. Creech |location=Edinburgh |pages=[https://archive.org/details/statisticalacco05sincgoog/page/n481/mode/2up 474]-484 |volume=8 |url=https://archive.org/details/statisticalacco05sincgoog}}{{cite news|title=Thomas Muir - new evidence unearthed|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2016/december/headline_504475_en.html|access-date=24 February 2018|agency=University news|publisher=Glasgow University|date=14 December 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Phil|title=Newly discovered papers unveil further details about the life of Thomas Muir, 'Father of Democracy'|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14965475.Newly_discovered_papers_unveil_further_details_about_the_life_of_Thomas_Muir__Scottish_political_reformer/|access-date=24 February 2018|agency=The Herald|date=14 December 2016}} Cadder Parish Church was described in the 19th century as a neat modern Gothic church.{{cite book|last1=MacDonald|first1=Hugh|title=Rambles Round Glasgow|date=1856|publisher=Thomas Murray and Son|location=Glasgow|page=376|edition=2nd|url=https://archive.org/stream/ramblesroundgla00mdogoog#page/n386/mode/2up|access-date=30 November 2017}} Cadder House was a property held by the Stirling family for generations.[http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou014.htm Glasgow Digital Library "Cadder House"]
Cadder Today
Cadder has a large cemetery, is also the site of Strathkelvin Retail Park and Low Moss (HM Prison).[http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/images_cadder_cemetery.html Glasgow Guide Cadder Cemetery]
Gallery
File:Cadder, Parish Church, watchhouse and iron mortsafe - geograph.org.uk - 1343317.jpg|watchhouse and iron mortsafe at Cadder Parish Church
File:Cadder Stables - geograph.org.uk - 842907.jpg|Cadder stables
File:Strathkelvin Retail Park - geograph.org.uk - 740353.jpg|Strathkelvin retail park
File:Cadder Road - geograph.org.uk - 342211.jpg|Cadder Road sign
File:Antonine.Wall.Roman.forts.jpg from west to east: Bishopton, Old Kilpatrick, Duntocher, Cleddans, Castlehill, Bearsden, Summerston, Balmuildy, Wilderness Plantation, Cadder, Glasgow Bridge, Kirkintilloch, Auchendavy, Bar Hill, Croy Hill, Westerwood, Castlecary, Seabegs, Rough Castle, Camelon, Watling Lodge, Falkirk, Mumrills, Inveravon, Kinneil, Carriden]]
File:Cadder Kirk from the Forth and Clyde Canal - geograph.org.uk - 106548.jpg
References
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Category:Forts of the Antonine Wall
Category:Suburbs in East Dunbartonshire