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Union Canal, Roughcastle Basin
Canal Basin (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Union Canal, Roughcastle Basin
Classification Canal Basin (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh And Glasgow Union Canal; Millennium Link
Canmore ID 279406
Site Number NS87NE 31.06
NGR NS 85276 79592
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/279406
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS87NE 31.06 85276 79252
For tunnel (to N) and locks (to E), see NS 87NE 31.05 and NS87NE 31.07, respectively.
This basin in the the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal (NS87NE 31.00: LIN 18) was built as part of the Millennium Link project to provide waiting space at the S end of the tunnel NS87NE 31.05. It thus forms part of the southern approach to the Falkirk Wheel (NS88SE 198).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 March 2006.