Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 610079
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/610079
A curious canal, probably Scotland’s earliest, about 200–300 yards long, said to have been made in ca.1490 by Scottish admiral Sir Andrew Wood of Largo so that he could travel in state from his castle by barge to Largo Church on Sundays. The barge is reputed to have been ‘rowed by some English prisoners of war still in his service’ and, at death (1539?) his remains were borne in his barge by torchlight to his last resting place in the vault of Largo Church. Part of the track of the canal at the bottom of the manse garden and westwards can still just about be seen.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
