Bowshank Tunnel
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Oblique aerial view centred on S end of Bowshank Tunnel, foootbridge and bridge over the Gala Water, taken from the SE. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Date 20/2/2007 Copyright RCAHMSItem DP025652
Organisation
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Alternative Name(s)THE WAVERLEY LINE; EDINBURGH TO HAWICK BRANCH RAILWAY
Canmore ID283845
Site TypeRAILWAY TUNNEL
CountyMIDLOTHIAN
ParishSTOW
CouncilSCOTTISH BORDERS, THE
NGRNT 45339 41262
Latitude, Longitude55.661783N, 2.870406W
Images
Archaeological Notes
NT44SE 28.04 from 45276 41338 to 45381 41171
Railway Tunnel about 195m in length under 600m high promontory of land with Bowshank farmsteading on top.
The Tunnel has a stone-faced portal at the N end only and is mainly brick lined. The N portal is in random rubble whilst the S entrance is of imitation rustication in shuttered concrete. There is evidence of repairs to the stone and brickwork at the N end, on the W side the strone quoins have been replaced with brick and the S portal has a secondary entrance in concrete providing evidence of major repair work or strengthening. The tunnel is numbered No.75.
There are several linesman's alcoves near the S entrance.
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
NT44SE 28.04 from 45276 41338 to 45381 41171
Railway Tunnel about 195m in length under 600m high promontory of land with Bowshank farmsteading on top.
The Tunnel has a stone-faced portal at the N end only and is mainly brick lined. The N portal is in random rubble whilst the S entrance is of imitation rustication in shuttered concrete. There is evidence of repairs to the stone and brickwork at the N end, on the W side the strone quoins have been replaced with brick and the S portal has a secondary entrance in concrete providing evidence of major repair work or strengthening. The tunnel is numbered No.75.
There are several linesman's alcoves near the S entrance.
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
