Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 588949
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/588949
This weir across the Tweed at Kelso is believed to date from ca.1250 and may have been constructed by the
monks of Kelso Abbey. It is built of sandstone masonry, about 1300 ft long and 5 ft high, and crosses the river at an angle for the purpose of diverting water into the mill lade. The downstream face is a varying slope meeting an apron of stones held in a framework of timber baulks which is accessible at its east end only through Hogarth’s Mill. The cauld is best seen from Chalkheugh Terrace. A dramatic 17th century view of it was drawn by Slezer. Part of the medieval mill can be seen spanning the lade at the rear of Hogarth’s mill.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering Scotland: Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission fromThomas Telford Publishers.
