MHG3007 - Nairn Viaduct
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- RAILWAY VIADUCT (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
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Full Description
Description and photographs of it being built. Inverness FC Vol V p184 - HAW 9.2002
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Inv/Culloden & Ardersier Local Plan, April 1994: P38/2.11.9.
POLICY - 2.5.13 will apply.
J Aitken : 23/05/01.
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NH74SE 23 7646 4462 to 7637 4512
For (adjacent) Culloden Moor Station, see NH74NE 41.00.
Nairn Viaduct [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1990.
A remarkable 28-span masonry viaduct, the longest in Scotland and built on a curve.
J R Hume 1977.
This double-track viaduct is the longest masonry railway viaduct in Scotland. It was designed by Murdoch Paterson for the Highland Rly across the River Findhorn; it opened on 1 November 1898 and remains in use.
M Smith 1994.
This viaduct carries the (current and diversion) Perth-Inverness main line across the River Nairn, which here forms the boundary between the portions of Croy and Dalcross parish in Inverness District (Inverness-shire) and Nairn District (Nairn). It is approached by massive embankments on both N and S and forms a short break in the otherwise-unrelenting climb of the railway heading S from Inverness.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 June 1996.
Opened to traffic 1.11.1898
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG12726 Image/Photograph(s): Dalroy, Nairn Viaduct.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG12727 Image/Photograph(s): Dalroy, Nairn Viaduct.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 205.
- --- SHG2818 Text/Publication/Volume: Smith, M. 1994. British railway bridges and viaducts. 144-7.
- --- SHG8657 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: Nairn viaduct. Colour Print. .
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7643 4491 (30m by 30m) (2 map features) |
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| Map sheet | NH74SE |
| Civil Parish | CROY AND DALCROSS |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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External Links (3)
- http://kweimar.de/Bilder_XML.php?ket=04_01 (View more information on this bridge from a website about Highland Bridges)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB1709 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/14272 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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