The lost piper in an underground passage is one of the best-known Scottish folk motifs, told of tunnels in Edinburgh, Culross and elsewhere, and the pipes heard underground are the standard ending. Here the ground above is the Glasgow Dalmarnock area, which lies outside South Lanarkshire, so the record is pinned to Rutherglen where the tunnel is said to have begun. There is no evidence of any tunnel.
Folklore & legend
The Lost Piper in the Rutherglen Tunnel
Rutherglen
Tradition, undated
This site is private property or has no public access. Coordinates shown are rounded and no directions are offered.
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- No public access
- Location
- 55.828, -4.213 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Electric Scotland, "Rambles Round Glasgow, Rutherglen and Cathkin" [public-domain]; Wikipedia, "Rutherglen" [other]
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