The Aberdeenshire Canal

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After the remains at Dawearie, the canal continues to run parallel to the railway and road until it approaches Kintore. Here, the canal departs from the route of the railway again, and originally curved round the back of the town, not joining the railway again until the northern end of the town.

As the route approaches the town, the canal branches off to the west, appearing as an embankment running parallel to the west side of the road to Kintore. This embankment has been breached in places, but survives more or less intact for some distance.

Stood in the bed of the embankmented canal, with the towpath on the left.

The photos of this section of the canal really do not do justice to the reamains, which are fairly overgrown. The most remarkable feature of this section of the canal is that it is the only stretch that still has one of the original milestones in place - number 14, to be exact.

Looking towards Kintore from the canal - milestone No. 14 can be seen in the middle of the photo.

A close look at milestone fourteen, still in situ on the towpath. The level of erosion here is clear.

Heading west, little remains of the canal, although milestone number 14½ still survives embedded in the garden wall of Arden Lea, a house previously known as Canal Cottage, on School Road. The adjacent petrol station marks the site of the canal wharf.

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