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Union Canal, Hermiston - Sighthill
Canal (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Union Canal, Hermiston - Sighthill
Classification Canal (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh And Glasgow Union Canal
Canmore ID 94709
Site Number NT17SE 81
NGR NT 1700 7023
NGR Description NT 1500 7103 to NT 1999 7010
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/94709
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Currie
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT17SE 81.00 LIN 18 1500 7103 to 1999 7010
(Continued from NT17SW 97.00)
NT17SE 81.01 NT 1853 7062 Milestone
The Unon Canal maintains a level, sinuous course following the contour across this sheet. On the surface as far as NT 1902 7000, then the course passes under Wester Hailes housing scheme; re-emerges at NT 2061 7022.
See LIN 18 general record for dates and details of construction.
Continues on NT27SW 83.00
Information from RCAHMS (IF) March 1996
NT 19 70; NT 20 70 A watching brief was carried out in October 1998 while two slit trenches and a trial pit were dug on the line of the canal. The canal was infilled in the 1960s.
In slit trench 1 (NT 1948 7002), the profile of the canal was visible, while in slit trench 2 (NT 1954 7004), and the trial pit (NT 1906 7000), the canal appears to have been disturbed during its infilling, and only traces of the silt at its bottom, on the clay lining, were found. The fill material was of earth and building site waste.
Kirkdale Archaeology carried out a watching brief in March 1999 while four trial pits were dug along the line of the infilled canal. The evidence from the trial pits indicated that the canal was seriously disturbed during the infilling process in the 1960s.
Sponsor: British Waterways.
G J Douglas 1999
(Scheduling number 11097). The length of the [Edinburgh and Glasgow] Union Canal between Fountainbridge [Edinburgh] and the River Almond [NT 1043 7063 to NT 2464 7785] has been accorded statutory protection by scheduling. The 15km long stretch comprises that portion of the canal within the former boundary of Midlothian.
[Extends onto NT17SW 97.00 and NT27SW 83.00].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 15 December 2003.
