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The Forth and Clyde Canal: Castlecary - M9 Motorway is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, a major artificial waterway constructed in the eighteenth century to connect the Firth of Forth with the Firth of Clyde. The canal, which stretches approximately thirty-five miles across central Scotland, was completed in 1790 and represents a significant achievement in Scottish industrial engineering and transport infrastructure of the period. This particular stretch between Castlecary and the M9 Motorway preserves evidence of the canal's original construction and hydraulic engineering, including masonry structures typical of late eighteenth-century canal building. The waterway was instrumental in facilitating commercial transport and trade during the Industrial Revolution, serving as a vital link between the east and west coasts of Scotland until the advent of rail transport.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Castlecary - M9 Motorway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6768. View the official record →
The Forth and Clyde Canal: Castlecary - M9 Motorway is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, a major artificial waterway constructed in the eighteenth century to connect the Firth of Forth with the Firth of Clyde. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6768.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Castlecary - M9 Motorway 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 SM6768.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castlecary House, souterrain 150m ESE of (1.7 km), Antonine Wall and fort, Castlecary (1.9 km), Antonine Wall, 185m NNE of Castlecary House Hotel (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Forth and Clyde Canal: Castlecary - M9 Motorway'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.
Forth and Clyde Canal: Castlecary - M9 Motorway stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.