RCAHMS - GENERAL Recording Event

Date 17 July 2014 - 17 July 2014

Event ID 994827

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/994827

The Parkmill section of the Clackmannan waggon road was a single track, starting at a kissing gate at the edge of Back Wood NS 903922 and curves around the west side of Kings Seat Hill in a composite cutting/embankment. It heads south and ends at the remains of a road NS 902921 which once led westwards to the Parkmill. There was a passing place NS 902921 of approximately 40m in length close to the end of the section. There are remnants of a hawthorn hedge on both sides of the waggon road. The route is now being used as a narrow informal pathway, with a muddy surface. The total section length is 248m and the elevation runs from 18m at edge of Back Wood to 16m at a modern field gate. The Parkmill section was once part of a waggon road from the Devon Iron Works (NS 898960) in the north to Clackmannan harbour (NS 895903) on the shore of the Forth to the south. Only a small part of the waggon road, linking the Craigrie Quarry (NS 903916) to the Alloa Kincardine railway (NS 912922), was shown as active on OS maps in 1898 (including the Parkmill section). This link was shown as abandoned on the OS map in 1920.

This section of the Clackmannan waggon road can be accessed from the B910 just to the south of the Mary Bridge. The Back Wood footpath starts next to a block of flats adjacent to the road. Follow the well-made footpath until you reach a kissing gate. The Parkmill section starts at the gate, now following the bed of the waggon road as an informal footpath.