Archaeology Notes

Event ID 677773

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN53SE 29 57435 32756

Not to be confused with the bridge carrying the railway over the River Lochay (at NN 57520 33431), for which see NN53SE 89.

For nearby Killin Station (NN 57487 33266), see NN53SE 40.

Viaduct [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.

This bridge crosses the River Dochart E of the village of Killin; it remains in place, and is walkable but disused. Built in 1885 by contractor John Best, it comprises five concrete arches on masonry piers.

This branch line opened on 1 April 1886. The portion of the line between Killin and Killin Junction stations (NN53SE 40 and NN52NW 20, respectively) closed to regular passenger traffic on 28 September 1965.

G Daniels and L Dench 1980; C E J Fryer 1989.

This viaduct formerly carried the Killin (Loch Tay) branch of the Caledonian Rly over the River Dochart to the E of Killin village (NN53SE 37). It crosses the river a short distance above the island of Innis Buidhe and some way above the debouchment of the river into the SW end of Loch Tay.

The location assigned to this record depicts the midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence suggests that it extends from NN c. 57439 32787 to NN c. 57431 32716.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 May 2006.