Union Canal, Roughcastle Locks — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Roughcastle Locks on the Union Canal near Falkirk show how human ingenuity bent river currents into orderly progress. The chambers still hold water and memory, marking a age when canals cut through Scotland like bright veins. They remind us that even stubborn landscapes yield when patience and purpose align.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Union Canal, Roughcastle Locks as Lock(s) (post Medieval). 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.

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