River Avon - an excursion - Revision history

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	[[File:Lothian Geology cover.jpg\|thumb\|100px\|right\|[https://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/p_sales.html#lothiangeology Buy the book]]]		[[File:Lothian Geology cover.jpg\|thumb\|100px\|right\|[https://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/p_sales.html#lothiangeology Buy the book]]]
	'''By M. A. E. ~~Browne~~. From: Lothian geology ~~and~~ excursion guide. ~~Edited by A~~.~~D. McAdam and E.N.K. Clarkson. 1996~~'''		'''By A.D. McAdam. From [[Lothian Geology: an excursion guide\|Lothian geology: an excursion guide]]. Edinburgh : Edinburgh Geological Society, 1996.'''

	O.S. 1 :50000 Sheet 65 Falkirk and West Lothian		O.S. 1 :50000 Sheet 65 Falkirk and West Lothian

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Introduction

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	! Bo'ness and Kinneil Light Railway (Scottish Railway Preservation Society) - Access to the railway line is now closed.		! [https://www.bkrailway.co.uk/ Bo'ness and Kinneil Light Railway] (Scottish Railway Preservation Society) - Access to the railway line is now closed.
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	\| The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences		\| The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences

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6. Tod's Mill Weir

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	==== 6. Tod's Mill Weir ====		==== 6. Tod's Mill Weir ====
	'''Access to the railway line is now closed.'''		'''Note: Access to the railway line is now closed.'''
	The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.		The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.

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5. Todsmill Cottage: No.2 Marine Band Limestone

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	==== 5. Todsmill Cottage: No.2 Marine Band Limestone ====		==== 5. Todsmill Cottage: No.2 Marine Band Limestone ====
	'''Access to the railway line is now closed.''' The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.		'''Note: Access to the railway line is now closed.''' The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.

	At the southern end of the cutting, just before the bridge, a section in the north face can be cleaned up to expose:		At the southern end of the cutting, just before the bridge, a section in the north face can be cleaned up to expose:

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4. Sandstone Quarry

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	==== 4. Sandstone Quarry ====		==== 4. Sandstone Quarry ====
	'''Access to the railway line is now closed.''' The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.		'''Note: Access to the railway line is now closed.''' The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.

	In an old quarry 200 m to the south-east, and 20 m east of the cutting, is a section:		In an old quarry 200 m to the south-east, and 20 m east of the cutting, is a section:

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3. Birkhill Railway Cutting: Netherwood Coal

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	==== 3. Birkhill Railway Cutting: Netherwood Coal ====		==== 3. Birkhill Railway Cutting: Netherwood Coal ====
	'''Access to the railway line is now closed'''. The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences		'''Note: Access to the railway line is now closed'''. The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences
	[[File:RiverAvonAnExcursionSectionInPassageGroup.jpg\|400px\|thumbnail\|Section in Passage Group]]		[[File:RiverAvonAnExcursionSectionInPassageGroup.jpg\|400px\|thumbnail\|Section in Passage Group]]
	Ascend to the cottage, take the road out of the mine as far as the railway bridge and descend to the former track bed on the north-west side. At this bridge a section can be cleaned up to reveal:		Ascend to the cottage, take the road out of the mine as far as the railway bridge and descend to the former track bed on the north-west side. At this bridge a section can be cleaned up to reveal:

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4. Sandstone Quarry

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	==== 4. Sandstone Quarry ====		==== 4. Sandstone Quarry ====
			'''Access to the railway line is now closed.''' The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.

	In an old quarry 200 m to the south-east, and 20 m east of the cutting, is a section:		In an old quarry 200 m to the south-east, and 20 m east of the cutting, is a section:

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6. Tad's Mill Weir

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	On a fine day, walk on to the Avon Viaduct for a view of the gorge eastwards to Linlithgow Palace. Before leaving the railway at Todsmill Cottage, pause to reflect that in 1916 the famous field surveyor, C. T. Clough of the Scottish Geological Survey, was run down and fatally injured by a goods train in this cutting. He died three days later but not before exonerating the driver from any blame. In view of the good visibility hereabouts, it seems likely that Clough’s hearing impediment led to the tragedy.		On a fine day, walk on to the Avon Viaduct for a view of the gorge eastwards to Linlithgow Palace. Before leaving the railway at Todsmill Cottage, pause to reflect that in 1916 the famous field surveyor, C. T. Clough of the Scottish Geological Survey, was run down and fatally injured by a goods train in this cutting. He died three days later but not before exonerating the driver from any blame. In view of the good visibility hereabouts, it seems likely that Clough’s hearing impediment led to the tragedy.

	==== 6. ~~Tad~~'s Mill Weir ====		==== 6. Tod's Mill Weir ====
	'''Access to the railway line is now closed.'''		'''Access to the railway line is now closed.'''
	The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.		The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.

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7. Tad's Mill: River Cliff

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	==== 7. ~~Tad~~'s Mill: River Cliff ====		==== 7. Tod's Mill: River Cliff ====

	Walk 30 m downstream of Todsmill to where the cliff reaches the river. At the waterwheel is the Tod’s Mill Fault which throws 10 m down to the south. The section exposed north of the fault is:		Walk 30 m downstream of Todsmill to where the cliff reaches the river. At the waterwheel is the Tod’s Mill Fault which throws 10 m down to the south. The section exposed north of the fault is:

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6. Tad's Mill Weir

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	==== 6. Tad's Mill Weir ====		==== 6. Tad's Mill Weir ====
			'''Access to the railway line is now closed.'''
			The railway is now a live/operational railway line and people must never walk on the railway line or within its boundary fences.

	Walk westwards from Todsmill Cottage to Tod’s Mill, descend to the river bed on the north side of the ruins of the mill and pass through the remains of the waterwheel. Just upstream of the mill and on the east bank near the weir is the section:		Walk westwards from Todsmill Cottage to Tod’s Mill, descend to the river bed on the north side of the ruins of the mill and pass through the remains of the waterwheel. Just upstream of the mill and on the east bank near the weir is the section: