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Peebles, Caldeonian Railway, Priorsford Railway Bridge
Railway Bridge (19th Century), Railway Embankment(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Peebles, Caldeonian Railway, Priorsford Railway Bridge
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century), Railway Embankment(S) (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kingsmeadows Road; Walkers Haugh
Canmore ID 297997
Site Number NT24SE 233
NGR NT 25391 40175
NGR Description From NT 25423 40190 to NT 25351 40165
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297997
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24SE 233 25423 40190 to 25351 40165
All that survives of the railway bridge which crossed the Tweed at Priorsford is an eroded embankment leading to the S end, a brick wall built on top of the stone abutment on the N side and the remains of two stone piers (information provided by Mr R Knox, Peebles, March 2009), in the river which are only seen in periods of low water.
The curved bridge had four sections of fish bellied girders on stone piers and was built by the Caledonian Railway Company to connect their Peebles (West) station to the North British Railway at Peebles (East) (NT24SE 78). The earth embankment from the site of Peebles Caledonian Station (NT24SE 83) to the S end of the site of the bridge can still be seen crossing Ninian's Haugh immediately N of the present car park. A surviving section of earthen embankment also runs from the N end of the site of the bridge past the bowling green at Tweed Avenue to Walkers Haugh where the remains of two bridges are visible. Traces of the railway cutting to the N of Walkers Haugh, where the line ran under the Innerleithen Road are also visible. A Y-junction, of which little remains, was built to cross the Innerleithen Road to allow a proposed railway by the Caledonian Railway Company to provide direct access to Galashiels.
The bridge, embankment and the Y-junction are depicted on the 1st Edition of the OS 25-inch map (Peeblesshire, 1858).
Visited by and information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2009; Mr R Knox, March 2009.
