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Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of is a section of the early nineteenth-century canal system that once connected Aberdeen with the hinterland. Located at Station Road in Woodside, Aberdeen, the surviving earthworks and structures represent a significant phase in Scotland's transport infrastructure development. The canal was engineered to facilitate the movement of goods and materials to and from the city, taking advantage of the natural topography and water resources available in the area.
The monument lies upon bedrock of an unnamed igneous intrusion of Ordovician to Silurian age, a felsic rock formation that would have presented considerable challenges to the canal's constructors. The builders would have needed to cut through or around this ancient geological foundation, adapting their engineering works to the solid rock conditions encountered during excavation. This geology has influenced both the original route of the waterway and the preservation of the canal's physical remains.
Today the fragmentary remains at Woodside preserve evidence of the canal's infrastructure within the urban landscape of north Aberdeen. The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10424, recognising its importance as a record of early industrial transportation development in the region and its contribution to understanding Aberdeen's economic history.
Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of, Station Road, Woodside, Aberdeen is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10424. View the official record →
Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of is a section of the early nineteenth-century canal system that once connected Aberdeen with the hinterland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10424.
Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of, Station Road, Woodside, Aberdeen is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM10424.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lang Stane,standing stone,Hilton Drive (0.7 km), Rough's Cairn, consumption dykes (4.9 km), Balnagask motte, Baxter Place, Aberdeen (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of, Station Road, Woodside, Aberdeen's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of, Station Road, Woodside, Aberdeen stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.