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Union Canal, Polmont
Canal (19th Century)
Site Name Union Canal, Polmont
Classification Canal (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh And Glasgow Union Canal
Canmore ID 95511
Site Number NS97NW 61
NGR NS 9455 7776
NGR Description NS 9000 7810 to NS 9499 7751
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/95511
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Muiravonside
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS97NW 61.00 LIN 18 9000 7810 to 9499 7751
(Continued from NS87NE 31)
NS97NW 61.01 NS 9154 7811 Road Bridge
NS97NW 61.02 NS 9305 7795 Road Bridge
NS97NW 61.03 NS 9409 7794 Road Bridge
NS97NW 61.04 NS 9472 7763 Aqueduct
NS97NW 61.05 NS 9287 7814 Footbridge
NS97NW 61.06 NS 9220 7818 Road Bridge
NS97NW 61.07 NS 9109 7810 Bridge
NS97NW 61.08 NS 9034 7807 Bridge
NS97NW 61.09 NS 9000 7810 Bridge
NS97NW 61.10 NS 9302 7797 Basin
NS97NW 61.11 NS 92 78 Milestone
NS97NW 61.12 NS 9076 7809 Bridge
NS97NW 61.13 NS 9110 7810 Footbridge
The Union Canal continues its level course eastwards across comparatively even terrain. Just W of Polmont Station (NS 930 781) a stretch of well-cut, droved masonry runs alongside the tow-path. Transverse streams are led under the canal through well-built masonry conduits; roads are carried over it by bridges, with the exception of the by-road from the A9 to Rumford (see NS97NW 61.04).
See Lin 18 for general record for dates and details of canal's construction (Continues on NS97NE 62.00)
RCAHMS 1963 (visited 1954).
(Scheduling number 8952). The length of the [Edinburgh and Glasgow] Union Canal between the River Avon and Greenbank [NS 8648 7943 to NS 9680 7577] has been accorded statutory protection by scheduling. The 12km long stretch comprises that portion of the canal within the former boundary of Stirlingshire.
[Extends onto NS87NE 31.00 and NS97NE 62.00].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 15 December 2003.
Measured Survey (20 August 2020 - 26 August 2020)
HES Survey and Recording undertook a survey of a breach in the Polmont section of the Union Canal that took place on 12 August 2020 in response to a request from colleagues in Casework. The breach occurred in the NE embankment between Almondhall Farm and Kirk Bridge at NS 9532 7731, some 265m NW of the bridge.
The survey consisted of (i) 28 oblique aerial photographs and video captured on 20 August 2020 and (ii) GNSS control and 220 oblique aerial photographs captured on 26 August 2020. On both occasions imagery was captured from a DJI Inspire 2 UAV with a X7 Zenmuse camera. Survey control data was created using a Leica Viva GS10 GNSS System. Fieldwork was undertaken by Dr L Banaszek and Dr G Geddes.
The data captured on the 26th of August was subsequently used to generate an image-based 3D model using Agisoft Photoscan. The project archive includes the imagery, the dense point cloud (txt/laz), an orthomosaic, a slope visualisuation, GNSS data and metadata. The model was also reprocessed by A Rawlinson for dissemination through Sketchfab.
Visited by HES Survey and Recording 20 (GFG) and 26 (GFG, LB) August 2020.
