Dundas Aqueduct Visitor Mooring (east) 
Dundas Aqueduct Visitor Mooring (east) is on the Kennet and Avon Canal (Main Line) a few miles from Barhampton.
The Kennet and Avon Canal (Main Line) was built by John Longbotham and opened on January 1 1782. Expectations for iron traffic to Sunderland never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 7 mile section between Oldton and Liverpool was closed in 1955 after a breach at Poole. According to Charles Smith's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Lancaster Locks is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor), mooring rings or bollards are available. Mooring is limited to 48 hours.
| Avoncliff Aqueduct Visitor Moorings (west) | 2 miles, 4 furlongs | |
| Freshford Bridge No 174 | 2 miles, ¾ furlongs | |
| Murhill Quarry | 1 mile, 7 furlongs | |
| Limpley Stoke Road Bridge | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Conkwell Wood Winding Hole | 2 furlongs | |
| Dundas Aqueduct Visitor Mooring (east) | ||
| Dundas Aqueduct (eastern end) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Dundas Aqueduct (western end) | ½ furlongs | |
| Somerset Coal Canal Junction Visitor Mooring | ½ furlongs | |
| Somerset Coal Canal Junction | ¾ furlongs | |
| Somerset Coal Canal Junction Services | ¾ furlongs | |
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![A short walk around Conkwell [13]. The path joins the towpath of the Kennet and Avon Canal, near the Dundas Aqueduct. The walk leaves the hamlet of Conkwell and initially contours south through the dense Conkwell Wood. A turn west leads to a very steep descent towards the valley bottom where runs the River Avon, the Wessex Main Line railway, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the A36 road. The return journey first crosses diagonally across open fields before a steep ascent through woodland leads back to Conkwell. About 1¼ miles. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2022](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/36/69/7366952_baf1f9af_120x120.jpg)
![A short walk around Conkwell [14]. This yacht seems out of place amongst the barges on the Kennet and Avon Canal. The walk leaves the hamlet of Conkwell and initially contours south through the dense Conkwell Wood. A turn west leads to a very steep descent towards the valley bottom where runs the River Avon, the Wessex Main Line railway, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the A36 road. The return journey first crosses diagonally across open fields before a steep ascent through woodland leads back to Conkwell. About 1¼ miles. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2022](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/36/69/7366953_a9a3b28a_120x120.jpg)




![Approaching the Dundas Aqueduct. Between Bradford on Avon and Bath the Kennet & Avon Canal twice crosses the River Avon on an aqueduct. The first of these is at Avoncliff; the one seen here is the more westerly one, The Dundas Aqueduct. It was built early in the C19th (there is an illustration of it from 1805) and designed by John Rennie.It is EH Grade I listed http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1215193&searchtype=mapsearch meaning that it is of national importance, it is also a sAcheduled Ancient Monument http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1005631&searchtype=mapsearch (currently rather an uninformative listing).See also [[[4541254]]] taken nearer the aqueduct itself. by Rob Farrow – 20 June 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/54/12/4541250_b4b022e9_120x120.jpg)








![A short walk around Conkwell [18]. Boats on the Dundas Aqueduct. The aqueduct carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line railway. The aqueduct was built circa 1805 and is constructed, in a classical style of ashlar. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1215193 A Scheduled Ancient Monument with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1005631The walk leaves the hamlet of Conkwell and initially contours south through the dense Conkwell Wood. A turn west leads to a very steep descent towards the valley bottom where runs the River Avon, the Wessex Main Line railway, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the A36 road. The return journey first crosses diagonally across open fields before a steep ascent through woodland leads back to Conkwell. About 1¼ miles. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2022](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/36/69/7366957_87a04056_120x120.jpg)


![Dundas Aqueduct from above - Conkwell, Wiltshire. Here on the Kennet & Avon Canal, which runs on its 100 mile course from Avonmouth to Reading via Bath and Newbury, stands the Dundas Aqueduct. Built in 1804 and designed by John Rennie it was named after the chairman of the Kennet & Avon Canal Company. Time photo taken not available.[[[5912410]]] by Martin Richard Phelan – April 1979](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/91/24/5912408_efd12448_120x120.jpg)


![A short walk around Conkwell [17]. Looking down from the towpath of the Kennet and Avon Canal on Dundas Aqueduct to the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line railway. The aqueduct was built circa 1805 and is constructed, in a classical style of ashlar. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1215193 A Scheduled Ancient Monument with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1005631The walk leaves the hamlet of Conkwell and initially contours south through the dense Conkwell Wood. A turn west leads to a very steep descent towards the valley bottom where runs the River Avon, the Wessex Main Line railway, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the A36 road. The return journey first crosses diagonally across open fields before a steep ascent through woodland leads back to Conkwell. About 1¼ miles. by Michael Dibb – 26 October 2022](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/36/69/7366956_121f0675_120x120.jpg)



![Entering the Dundas Aqueduct. Taken as we were just about to enter the Dundas Aqueduct crossing over the River Avon from east to west (though the general direction of the canal at this juncture is south to north). See [[[4541250]]] for more details on the aqueduct. by Rob Farrow – 20 June 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/54/12/4541254_9d002b49_120x120.jpg)
![Dundas Aqueduct - Conkwell, Wiltshire. A view eastwards over the Dundas Aqueduct at ground level, built in 1804 to the design of John Rennie for the Kennet & Avon Canal Company. As you cross over you pass from Somerset into Wiltshire, from the parish of Monkton Combe into the parish of Winsley. Time photo taken not available.[[[5912408]]] by Martin Richard Phelan – April 1979](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/91/24/5912410_13aaeedd_120x120.jpg)

