THE MARSHALL MEADOWSBERWICK-UPON-TWEED

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    A detailed article by Roger Jermy, Backtrack, July 2017. "....Passengers travelling northwards along the East Coast Main Line after Berwickupon-Tweed cannot fail to be impressed by this beautiful section of railway line which hugs the clifftop closely....Unknown to most travellers on the line there is, close-by, the remains of a railway tunnel linking the clifftop and the beach some 200ft beneath. This tunnel and its railway have received much local interest....The curious tunnel was constructed about a hundred years ago to enable seaweed to be transported from the shore to be spread as manure on the adjacent farms. It was laid with rails...."
  • Owner

    Backtrack, July 2017 - Pendragon Publishing
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    Local (Co-Curate)
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    Link: http://www.pendragonpublishing.co.uk/Marshall_Meadows_Berwick.pdf
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 year, 8 months ago
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