Fountainhall, Allanshaugh, Railway Crossing
Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Fountainhall, Allanshaugh, Railway Crossing
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Allan's Haugh; The Waverley Line; Fountainhall; Edinburgh To Hawick Branch Railway
Canmore ID 277313
Site Number NT44NW 74
NGR NT 43178 49345
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277313
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stow
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Midlothian
NT44NW 74 43178 49345
Not to be confused with NT44NW 73.
This bridge formerly carried the Edinburgh-Carlisle main line (the 'Waverley Route') of the former North British Rly over the track leading to Allanshaugh farmstead (NT44NW 47). The major portion of the Waverley Route, between Carlisle (No. 3 signal box) and Edinburgh (Portobello East Junction), closed to regular passenger traffic on 6 January 1969.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 November 2005.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980.
Bridge has been removed, the farm track to Allanshaugh crosses the trackbed on the level.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), 19 August 2009