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Railway Viaduct, Nairn

A Category B Listed Building in Nairn, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5824 / 57°34'56"N

Longitude: -3.8647 / 3°51'52"W

OS Eastings: 288605

OS Northings: 856237

OS Grid: NH886562

Mapcode National: GBR J8TP.BFK

Mapcode Global: WH4G2.LPX3

Plus Code: 9C9RH4JP+X4

Entry Name: Railway Viaduct, Nairn

Listing Name: Nairn Viaduct over River Nairn

Listing Date: 26 January 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 383829

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38457

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200383829

Location: Nairn

County: Highland

Town: Nairn

Electoral Ward: Nairn and Cawdor

Traditional County: Nairnshire

Tagged with: Stone arch bridge Railway viaduct

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Description

1856-7. 4 span viaduct crossing Nairn River coursed rubble,
ashlar parapet, dressed stone arches. Pointed cut-waters
carried up to form corbelled refuges linked at parapet level
by rolled string course.

Statement of Interest

Opened by Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, 1857.

Stone from Kingsteps Quarry Nairn.

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