Archaeology Notes

Event ID 665471

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ13NE 23 1668 3659

For adjacent railway bridge (NJ 1686 3677 to 1690 3683), see NJ13NE 24.

(Location cited as NJ 167 366). Ballindalloch Station, opened 1863 by the Strathspey Rly. A typical Strathspey Rly. 2-platform through station, with a rectangular coursed-rubble platform building. The goods shed is unusual: a two-storey, nine-bay masonry structure designed for whisky shipment.

J R Hume 1977.

This intermediate station on the Boat of Garten - Craigellachie branch (the 'Speyside line') was opened on 1 July 1863 by the Strathspey Rly, which was later incorporated into the Great North of Scotland Rly. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 18 October 1965.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 October 2000.

G Daniels and L Dench 1980; R V J Butt 1995.