Glasgow, unlike a number of other major European cities, is not renowned for its abundance of medieval architecture - which makes the fairly recent destruction of historic Cathcart Castle all the more hard to take.
It was not troops from a long forgotten siege that caused the destruction of the 15th century keep, but employees of Glasgow City Council in the 1980s.
The castle, which had lain neglected for decades, was deemed beyond saving, and its ruins were demolished following a 1979 health and safety report. Sometimes the pen really is mightier than the sword.
