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This paper discussed the history, archaeology and experimental reconstruction of the Tranent-Cockenzie Waggonway. First it outlines the known chronology of the railway; secondly is describes the archaeology of the wooden phases of the waggonway (1722-1815) and finally the recent (2024) experimental archaeological project which attempted to reconstruct a 6m long section of the waggonway based on archaeological evidence found in 2019 and 2021...

Saturday 1 September dawns gloriously, and is unseasonably sunny. Our fingers are crossed that this is the Indian Summer we'd been praying for all August since we intend to do a lot of walking in the next three weeks...