Union Canal, Kettlestoun Mains Aqueduct
Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Union Canal, Kettlestoun Mains Aqueduct
Classification Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kettlestoun Aqueduct
Canmore ID 47853
Site Number NS97NE 71
NGR NS 9877 7608
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47853
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97NE 71 NS 9877 7608.
[This small aqueduct carries the Union Canal (built 181-22, designer Hugh Baird) over a road leading to the now-disused Kettlestoun Quarries, which lie immediately to the S.]
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This small aqueduct carries the canal over an underpass which leads from the derelict Kettleston Mains, which lie to the N of the canal, to the quarries which formerly produced stone utilised in the New Town of Edinburgh.
H Brown 1997.
On the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire 1856, sheet 5) and on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire 1897, sheet 5NE) this aqueduct carries the canal over a minor road which passes Kettlestoun Mains to the N and Kettlestoun Quarry to the S. However, on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1989) and on the OS Basic Scale digital map (2000) this road has become a track and the Quarry is now disused.
The Kettleston Mains referred to by Hamish Brown is no longer shown on the OS Basic Scale digital map (2000), a housing developmnent having sprung up on the site.
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 5 April 2001.
