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Almondhill Road, KIRKLISTON, EH29 9BN

Heading east.

I assumed that this eye-catching design would have bestowed this bridge, which carries the Eastern approach road into Kirkliston over a former railway line, listed bridge status, but maybe this is actually a fairly common way of arranging the arch stones. This is a skewed arch bridge which means that the bridge crosses over whatever is underneath at an angle other than a right angle. When bridges were only constructed to cross water they were not really necessary, but the advent of the canal, and to a far greater extent, the railway, brought about something of a skewed arch heyday, as the design fairly quickly became perfected. All the ones I have come across have the abutments (the pillars that support the arch) still at a right angle to whatever they are crossing - I suppose, otherwise it wouldn't be skewed, just weird-looking! The old railway line is now a well-used footpath and cycle path.

Commemorating officers, warrant officers and men of the parish who were killed in the two World Wars.

Kirkliston takes up most of this square. The centre is this crossroads on the old A9 (severed by the airport).

This is at the main crossroads in the middle of the village. The Co-op is on the ground floor of this new block with flats above and houses on either side.

A new building with a shop on the ground floor on the crossroads at the centre of the village. The road going straight on was once the A9 until it was cut by a runway extension at Edinburgh Airport and also replaced by the M9.

The doorway is flanked by panels giving a brief history of Newliston. On the left: "The land of Newliston belonged to the old Barony of Liston, and was leased from the Lord St John in the 15th century by Duncan, third son of James Dundas. Archibald Dundas of Craigton leased 3/4 of the lands of Nether Newliston from the Lord St John. Sir John Dalrymple of Stair who, as Secretary of State, issued the order for the Massacre of Glencoe. He cleared the debts of Elizabeth Dundas, Heiress of Newliston, who [sic] he married." On the right: "Roger Hog then purchased the Estate. He made his fortune as a banker in London. His son Thomas erected the mansion to plans by Robert Adam but died shortly before it was completed in 1845. James Maitland Hog inherited the Estate after the death of his half-brother Roger. Major Roger Thomas Alexander Hog, made most of the Estate over to his nephew James Findlay." I quite fancied a bite to eat here but sadly the pub is dominated by a huge screen showing men chasing a ball to the accompaniment of loud hysteria from the spectators, so I just went home.