Upper Greenhill railway station

Upper Greenhill railway station served the village of Greenhill, Falkirk, Scotland from 1848 to 1865 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

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Seabegs Wood

Seabegs Wood was the site of a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. At Seabegs, the outline of Antonine's Wall, has lasted. Archaeologists from previous generations recorded this and stated that the ditch was deep and waterlogged. There is an underpass under the Forth and Clyde Canal nearby known locally as the Pend. In the 1890s, the Antonine Wall Committee of Glasgow Archaeological Society's cut several trenches across the Roman rampart. These uncovered its stone base. Subsequent excavations in 1977 found a Roman fortlet attached to the south of the Rampart. In 1981, a mound was examined but little has been discovered. Seabegs Wood was a portion of the ancient Barony of Seabegs. Seabegs Wood is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site representing the best preserved portion of the ancient Roman Antonine Wall. The Seabegs Collection of Ancient Roman Coinage was donated to Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to commemorate this connection and consists of gold, silver and bronze portrait coinage depicting the majority of the ancient Roman emperors. The forts to this fortlet are Castlecary in the west and Rough Castle in the east. Sir George Macdonald and others theorized that because these neighbouring forts were relatively widespread another structure was likely in the Seabegs area. No coinage has been recovered nor any inscriptions. There are two marching camps nearby at Dalnair and Milnquarter. Many Roman forts along the wall held garrisons of around 500 men. Larger forts like Castlecary and Birrens had a nominal cohort of 1000 men but probably sheltered women and children as well although the troops were not allowed to marry. There is likely too to have been large communities of civilians around the site.

Historic Site Landmark

Greenhill Lower railway station

Greenhill Lower railway station served the village of Greenhill, Falkirk, Scotland from 1848 to 1966 on the Scottish Central Railway.

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Greenhill, Falkirk

Greenhill is a village which lies in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is located on the outskirts of Bonnybridge, 4.3 miles west of Falkirk. Greenhill is situated south of the Forth and Clyde Canal and north of the railway line at Greenhill Junction. According to the 2001 census the village has 1,265 residents.

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Allandale, Falkirk

Allandale is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. Allandale is located 1.6 miles south-west of Bonnybridge, 3.5 miles north-east of Cumbernauld and 5.4 miles west-southwest of Falkirk. The entire village is a row of terraced housing along a section of the B816 road from Bonnybridge to Castlecary. The village is bordered to the north by the Forth & Clyde Canal and to the south by the former LMS railway.

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A803 road

The A803 is a road in central Scotland. It runs from Glasgow to Champany Corner, three miles due north-east of Linlithgow).

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History

The station opened as Scottish Central Junction in July 1848 by the North British Railway. There were sidings to the north and to the south; only the southern sidings remain today. The station's name was changed to Greenhill Junction in August 1855 and changed again to Upper Greenhill in August 1864. The station closed in September 1865.