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Almondell Footbridge and Aqueduct is an eighteenth-century structure located in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument comprises both a footbridge and an associated aqueduct, reflecting the infrastructure developments of the period within the Almondell estate. The structure demonstrates the practical engineering solutions employed during the eighteenth century to manage water supply and facilitate access across the landscape. The site remains significant as evidence of estate management and civil engineering practice in the Georgian period.
Almondell,footbridge & aqueduct is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4242. View the official record →
Almondell Footbridge and Aqueduct is an eighteenth-century structure located in Midlothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4242.
Almondell,footbridge & aqueduct 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 SM4242.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craigpark Quarry, enclosure 450m W of (4.2 km), Tormain Hill,cup & ring marked rocks 700m NE of Bonnington Mains (4.4 km), Carledubs, unenclosed settlement, 275m NE of 30 Carledubs Crescent (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Almondell,footbridge & aqueduct'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.
Almondell,footbridge & aqueduct stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.