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Stirling to Alloa to Dunfermline Railway, Castlehill Mine to East Grange Section

Railway (19th Century)

What is recorded here

Castlehill Mine to East Grange Section carried coal and people through Fife in the 19th Century, linking industrial strength to daily life. The rails cut across land that still remembers the weight of carts and the breath of engines. What is recorded is a line on a map, but what is lived is the motion of a region making itself known.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stirling to Alloa to Dunfermline Railway, Castlehill Mine to East Grange Section as Railway (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Built in the 19th century as part of Scotland's expanding railway network, this section of the Stirling to Alloa to Dunfermline Railway was important for improving transport links and supporting industrial growth in central Scotland.

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