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Edinburgh To Hawick Branch Railway, Heriot To Fountainhall Section

Railway (19th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh To Hawick Branch Railway, Heriot To Fountainhall Section

Classification Railway (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) The Waverley Line

Canmore ID 283492

Site Number NT45SW 32

NGR NT 41649 52507

NGR Description NT 40168 54999 to NT 42541 50000

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Heriot
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT45SW 32.00 40168 54999 to 42541 50000

Railway line also falls in Stow parish

NT45SW 32.01 NT 40356 54592 Railway Station

NT45SW 32.02 NT 40747 53647 Road Bridge

NT45SW 32.03 NT 41046 53214 Level Crossing

NT45SW 32.04 NT 41542 52595 Railway Bridge

NT45SW 32.05 NT 41865 52289 Railway Bridge

NT45SW 32.06 NT 42454 51192 Railway Bridge

NT45SW 32.07 NT 42369 50842 Railway Bridge

NT45SW 32.08 NT 42347 50765 Railway Bridge

NT45SW 32.09 NT 42352 50340 Railway Bridge

From about 500m N of Heriot Station (NT45SW 32.01), the course of The Waverley Line runs to 300m N of Fountainhall Station (NT44NW 33). The line crosses the Gala Water four times within this map sheet.

Photographed in 2007 as part of a survey of Waverley Line remains in advance of proposed rebuilding of the railway and to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2007.

Activities

Sbc Note (15 April 2016)

Visibility: Standing structure or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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