Archaeology Notes

Event ID 854504

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/854504

NT37SW 1171.00 from 30874 73264 to 32568 70000

Also falls in Inveresk and Newton parishes.

NT37SW 1171.01 NT 31277 72916 Road Bridge

NT37SW 1171.02 NT 31370 72493 Railway Junction

NT37SW 1171.03 NT 31848 71817 Railway Junction

NT37SW 1171.04 NT 31830 71838 Road Bridge

NT37SW 1171.05 NT 31776 71896 Railway Bridge

NT37SW 1171.06 NT 32107 71299 Road Bridge

NT37NW 594 NT 3182 7184 Railway Bridge

NT37SW 595 NT 3217 7115 Road Bridge

NT37SW 596 NT 32492 70244 Railway Bridge

Section of North British Railway Company (NBR), Edinburgh to Hawick Branch Railway completed in 1847. The line forms a junction with the the NBR at Portobello and runs in a SSE direction to Millerhill. Further junctions are found at Niddrie North and Niddrie South and a large freight marshalling yard was built by British Railways in the late 1950s and early 1960s on both sides of the line at Millerhill.

After the Border Union Railway opened from Hawick to Carlisle in 1862, the line became known as The Waverley Line. Tracks are still extant as far as Millerhill and the City Bypass.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2006.