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Union Canal, Lin's Mill Aqueduct
Milestone (19th Century)
Site Name Union Canal, Lin's Mill Aqueduct
Classification Milestone (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Almond Aqueduct Milestone
Canmore ID 106022
Site Number NT17SW 97.04
NGR NT 10430 70648
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/106022
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Kirkliston (West Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT17SW 97.04 1043 7064
Milestone situated at the NW end of Lin's Mill Aqueduct on the N side of the canal. The milestone reads 10 1/2 on its SE-facing side.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) August 1996
This milestone, which is just to the W of the Lin's Mill Aqueduct (NT17SW 47) is marked '10', ie. 10 miles to Edinburgh and '21', ie. 21 miles to Falkirk.
H Brown 1997.
This milestone is clearly marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire 1856, sheet 10) on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map and on the OS 1:10000 raster map (ND).
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 22 February 2001.
Field Visit (29 September 2011)
The Union Canal, originally the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, was constructed (1818-22) to link the centre of Edinburgh (Lochrin Basin) to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk, a distance of 31½ miles (almost 51km). At half-mile intervals along its northern (towpath) side there were stone markers indicating the distances to Edinburgh and Falkirk. Many of the original stones still survive, though in varying states of preservation, and of those that are now missing many have modern replacements.
The milestone at the W end of Lin’s Mill Aquaduct is original, comprising a worn sandstone block with a shallow pyramidal top, and measuring 0.25m square by 0.7m in height. It bears an incised ‘21’, the distance to Falkirk on its SW face, and ‘10½’, the distance in miles to the eastern terminus at Lochrin Basin, on its SE face.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ARG) 29 September 2011.
