SAW039326 SCOTLAND (1951). Leaderfoot Viaduct and Road Bridge, Leaderfoot. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. This image has been produced from a print.

Road bridge carrying the main A68, south to Jedburgh and north to Edinburgh. Replaced in the 1960s/70s by the modern high-level flyover to the right of the old bridge.

River Tweed

The Leader Water which rises to the north in the Lammermuir Hills and which forms the distinctive valley of Lauderdale.

The Leaderfoot railway viaduct carrying the single track branch to Earlston, Gordon, Greenlaw, Marchmont, Duns (county town of Berwickshire),Edrom, Chirnside, joining the East Coast main line to Edinburgh at Reston. Operated until 1923 by the North British Railway, which became part of LNER. To the south, just off the pic, the branch joined the former Waverley line at Ravenswood Junction. The viaduct is a true Victorian railway engineering marvel and shows the supreme confidence of the 19th century railway companies in their service/product. An amazing viaduct like this for a single-track branch line! Well worth seeing.

Road to Newstead and Melrose

The Roman fort of Trimontium lies under the fields near here.