A woman has hit out at authorities after a 10-foot-deep manhole near a children's playfield was left uncovered for days.

A deep hole that was discovered on the path between Clydebank High School and their football pitches was spotted by a dog walker with its lid off.

The dog walker's wife then proceeded to make a call to West Dunbartonshire Council to try and fix the situation fearing that a kid might have an accident.

However, she has criticised the handling of the issue, saying she didn't believe the council took the problem seriously.

She said: "My partner noticed that there was a big manhole and the lid of the stank was half in and half poking out and it was exposed.

"He came back up to the house and told me he saw a 10-foot drop. So I phoned the council’s emergency pay repair line on Friday, August 2.

"I explained to the girl on the phone what my partner had seen and told her this was an emergency. I said 'It's dangerous and if any kids fall they could die'.

"The girl never took my name and my number but she said she was going to pass it on to the relevant department and they would get somebody on to it."

A video sent to the Clydebank Post shows the scale of the drop.

When the woman's partner returned to the area three days later they were stunned to see the stank missing and the hole completely exposed.

The woman added: "I was horrified because there was no lid on the stank at all. I phoned the council right away and I told them I was quite horrified that it hadn't been fixed.

"The woman on the phone said Clydebank High is not our responsibility, you'll need to phone BAM, and I didn’t know what that was."

The woman later found out through a friend that BAM was the firm responsible for building Clydebank High in 2009 as part of four schools built in a public-private partnership with West Dunbartonshire Council.

She added: "I said 'You’re trying to tell me that you've not notified anybody about this?'

"At that point, I was getting a wee bit irate, it felt as if they were not interested. I could only think about what if a child fell.

"As a mother, if that happened to your child, you would be absolutely horrified. It was just playing on my mind.

"My friend managed to get a hold of somebody from BAM and my partner saw on Wednesday that there were workers at it which just felt a bit better knowing that it's finally getting fixed.

"It is the fact that the council had decided not to do anything because it wasn't their problem."

A spokesperson for BAM this week said: “Unfortunately a manhole cover on the grounds of the school has been deliberately damaged along with a fence and playground equipment. We have covered and secured the manhole and have arranged for specialist contractors to repair and secure it early next week.”

West Dunbartonshire Council decided not to comment.