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Latitude: 55.9758 / 55°58'33"N
Longitude: -3.6005 / 3°36'1"W
OS Eastings: 300215
OS Northings: 677028
OS Grid: NT002770
Mapcode National: GBR 1S.WF2X
Mapcode Global: WH5R8.N2N5
Plus Code: 9C7RX9GX+8Q
Entry Name: Railway Wall & Railway Bridge, Union Road, Linlithgow
Listing Name: Union Road, Railway Wall (To N of Track) Including Rail Bridge to E
Listing Date: 23 June 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393503
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46268
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393503
Location: Linlithgow
County: West Lothian
Town: Linlithgow
Electoral Ward: Linlithgow
Traditional County: West Lothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure Retaining wall Railway bridge Cut
Circa 1840 with later additions and alterations.
WALL: continuous wall to N of rail track, forming enclosed walkway with separate lang rig walls to N. Predominantly sandstone rubble (tooled, squared and snecked in part); rounded coping throughout. Varying heights; curved in part.
RAIL BRIDGE: single-span, round-arched bridge terminating wall to E, with pedestrian underpass linking N and S sides of rail track. Coursed and tooled cream sandstone; droved ashlar dressings. Regular voussoirs; raised string courses beneath coped parapets. Horizontal banding to abutments and soffit; 3 steel supports beneath arch. Curved wing walls to N (terminating path to E); steps accessing S side.
An impressive, finite wall which, together with the lang rig walls to the N (separately owned and missing in part), create a dramatic sense of enclosure - the wall being particularly high at points. The 1856 OS map marks this walkway as 'Lovers Loan'. Terminating the wall to the E, the round-arched rail bridge remains much as it was when first complete - its curved wing walls only increasing the pedestrian's sense of enclosure. A footbridge is set above the track to the S of Lion Well Wynd, and a further segmental-arched rail bridge terminates the wall to the W. The railway came to Linlithgow in 1838-42.
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