Monument record MHG48405 - Wick To Lybster Light Railway
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 32502 43419 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND34SW |
| Civil Parish | WICK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Map
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (19/06/2006 14:16:22)
ND34SW 499 ND ND 3355 4500 to ND 3139 4000
The path of the Wick-Lybster branch-line of the former Highland Railway is visible as a series of low embankments and shallow cuttings, which have either been incorporated into fields of pasture or else left as waste ground between fields. At Lineside farmsteading (ND34SW 439) a building has been constructed across the trackbed, and at several other locations the line of the old railway is now used as a dump for field-cleared stones. A feature of the line is the number of crossings at which there are still preserved cast iron gate-posts made at the Rose Street Foundry in Inverness (NH64NE 211). At some of the crossings the original gates are also still in place, but mostly they have been removed. The crossing immediately N of the now disused Borrowston Quarry (ND34SW 314) at ND 32502 43420 was recorded photographically.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 24 May 2004
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 272088.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
