Archaeology Notes

Event ID 679287

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN86NE 19 87380 65186

NMRS REFERENCE:

Title [Tilt] Railway Viaduct.

Engineer: Joseph Mitchell 1861-1862.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(Location cited as NN 873 652). Tilt Viaduct. This bridge was opened in 1863 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Rly, the engineer being Joseph Mitchell. It has a single lattice-truss iron span of 150 ft (45.7m) with castellated portals, and has been strengthened by the addition of steel bracing.

J R Hume 1977.

This viaduct was designed by Joseph Mitchell to carry the Inverness and Perth Junction Rly across the River Tilt and opened on 9 September 1863 at a cost of £6,500; it remains in use. It is of lattice girder construction with stone abutments, measures 255 ft (77.4m) in overall length and 40 ft (12.2m) in height. It comprises a single span of 150 ft (45.7m) and has a stone portal with mock fortifications (built in deference to the Duke of Argyll) at each end. Mitchell noted it as having been made 'somewhat more ornate than was otherwise necessary'.

M Smith 1994.

This viaduct carries the Perth (Stanley Junction) - Inverness main line of the former Highland Railway across the River Tilt to the E of Blair Atholl station (NN86NE 42). It remains in regular use by passenger traffic.

The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the span. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NN 87371 65190 to NN 87400 65179.

The viaduct is depicted, but not noted, on the 1989 edition of the OS 1:10,000 map.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 February 2006.