Galashiels, Wheatlands Road, Kilnknowe Junction
Railway Junction (19th Century)
Site Name Galashiels, Wheatlands Road, Kilnknowe Junction
Classification Railway Junction (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) The Waverley Line; Edinburgh To Hawick Branch Railway
Canmore ID 283921
Site Number NT43NE 100.15
NGR NT 48198 37059
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/283921
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Galashiels
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Selkirkshire
NT43NE 100.15 48198 37059
The trackbed of Kilnknowe Junction is discernable amongst heavy undergrowth NW of Wheatlands Road. The course of the Edinburgh to Peebles to Galashiels loop survives as a descending earthwork. The trackbed of The Waverley line is on a level.
A sandbox survives in the undergrowth on the N side of the trackbed which has not bee conerted to a footpath at this point.
Field Visit (April 2009 - February 2015)
The Borders Railway Project proposals are to reinstate the Newcraighall to Tweedbank section of the former Waverley Line. The reinstated railway line will be approximately 48km long and the majority of the route will use the existing railway embankment.
Several field surveys, archaeological evaluations and standing building surveys were undertaken by CFA Archaeology from April 2009 until February 2015.
CFA Archaeology
