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Edinburgh To Hawick Branch Railway, Stow To Bowland Section

Railway (19th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh To Hawick Branch Railway, Stow To Bowland Section

Classification Railway (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) The Waverley Line; Gala Water; Bowshank Tunnel

Canmore ID 282290

Site Number NT44SE 28

NGR NT 45062 42542

NGR Description From NT 45403 45000 to 45000 42475, 45000 41541 to

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Stow
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT44SE 28.00 from 45403 45000 to 45000 42475 and 45000 41541 to 45699 40000

NT44SE 28.01 NT 45612 44629 Railway Station

NT44SE 28.02 NT 45589 44693 Road Bridge

NT44SE 28.03 NT 45264 43085 Level Crossing

NT44SE 28.04 from NT 45276 41338 to NT 45381 41171 Railway Tunnel

NT44SE 28.05 from NT 45422 41125 to NT 45380 41103 Footbridge

NT44SE 28.06 NT 45419 41059 Railway Bridge

NT44SE 28.07 NT 45404 40611 Road Bridge

NT44SE 28.08 NT 45544 40181 Ralway Bridge

NT44SE 28.09 NT 45265 43137 Railway Bridge

NT44SE 28.10 NT 45232 41380 Railway Bridge

NT44SE 28.11 NT 45625 44956 Goods Shed; Goods Yard

NT44SE 28.12 NT 45000 42471 Railway Bridge

NT44SE 33 NT 45559 40147 Railway Station; Railway Yard

Section of railway from just N of Stow Station (NT44SE 28.01) to Bowland Station (NT44SE 33) with several embankments, railway cuttings, culverts and farm access tunnels. Much of the trackbed is still extant.

Photographed in 2007 as part of a survey of Waverley Line remains in advance of proposed rebuilding of the railway and to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2007

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