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Field Visit
Date 29 September 2011
Event ID 925298
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/925298
The Union Canal, originally the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, was constructed (1818-22) to link the centre of Edinburgh (Lochrin Basin) to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk, a distance of 31½ miles (almost 51km). At half-mile intervals along its northern (towpath) side there were stone markers indicating the distances to Edinburgh and Falkirk. Many of the original stones still survive, though in varying states of preservation, and of those that are now missing many have modern replacements.
The milestone on the canal at Hermiston is original, comprising a sandstone block which appears to have a shallow pyramidal top but with steep bevelled corners. At several points on the stone chunks have been knocked off. It measures 0.25m square by 0.72m in height and bears an incised ‘26’, the distance to Falkirk on its SW face, and ‘5½’,the distance in miles to the eastern terminus at Lochrin Basin, on the SE face.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ARG) 29 September 2011.
