Scotland, Scottish Borders
Riccarton Junction railway village
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: chair keys, bottle glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1862 to 1969 railway junction village
Rail-only village at the junction of the Waverley Route and the Border Counties line, with up to 118 residents, a school, post office and grocery, and about 30 railway households in 1959. The line reached Riccarton Junction in June 1862; the Hexham branch closed in 1956 and the Waverley Route in 1969, ending the village.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote forest, no services
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