Trimontium

**cessna152towser** · 29th November 06, 11:24 AM

Not just three hills, but nowadays three bridges here too. The wind on the old road bridge blows the tie over the shoulder but the Black Watch Union Kilt stays in place.

Looking downstream through the new road bridge.

The old and new road bridges.

The old railway viaduct, known as the Leaderfoot Viaduct, as the Leader Water flows into the Tweed near here.

This sculpture honours the builders of the railway viaduct. This was an impressive structure for a minor cross country route which left the Waverley Route near here and headed north up the valley of the Leader Water to Earlston, then north-east via Duns to join the East Coast Main Line at Reston. The line closed to passengers in 1948 and to goods in 1965.

We conclude with an upstream view towards Melrose.