Wilsontown Branch
Railway (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Wilsontown Branch
Classification Railway (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 142911
Site Number NS95SE 27
NGR NS 9695 5486
NGR Description From NS 9920 5464 to NS 9476 5492
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/142911
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carnwath
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS95SE 27.00 From NS 9920 5464 to 9476 5492
NS95SE 27.01 NS 9709 5489 Railway Station
(For the Mineral railway running from Haywood to S of Cleugh House see NS95NE 56)
Site recorded during a desk-based assessment and field inspection undertaken in October 1996 to evaluate the proposed opencast coal mining.
NS 960 546 Watsonburn Railway Branchline
A report has been produced and a copy will be deposited with the National Monuments Record of Scotland.
Sponsor: RPS Cairns Ltd
M Cressey 1996
The Wilsontown Branch railway is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1898, sheet xx).
Information from RCAHMS (KC) 23 March 1999
