Linlithgow, Union Canal, Back Station Road Aqueduct
Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Linlithgow, Union Canal, Back Station Road Aqueduct
Classification Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 96106
Site Number NT07NW 73.04
NGR NT 00561 77027
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96106
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT07NW 73.04 NT 0056 7702.
[This small aqueduct carries the Union Canal (built 1818-22, designer Hugh Baird) over a road leading to Clarendon Farm. LIN 18 general record gives details of the dimensions and constructon of the canal.]
(Undated) information in NMRS.
A lane to the S of the station goes under the canal at this point, a bowed parapet being visible.
H Brown 1997.
The canal traverses a minor road on this small aqueduct, which is clearly marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire 1856, sheet 5), on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire 1897, sheet 5NE) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976). The OS 1:10000 raster map (ND) appears to show the road going over the canal, but this does not tally with the earlier maps or recent field observation (March 2001).
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 29 March 2001.
