Polmont Basin c.1966 (c) Historic Environment Scotland. Reproduced courtesy of R Hume

From the canal basin at Polmont there is a disused tunnel connected to Quarry Brae in Brightons, where there was a sandstone quarry. Stone was brought through the tunnel to the basin then loaded onto barges and taken into Edinburgh for the New Town's buildings. Brightons Church is also made from this sandstone. The quarry is now Laurie Park (also known as Quarry Park) after Alexander Laurie the quarry owner.