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Dumfries - Stranraer Railway, Kirkgunzeon Lane Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Dumfries - Stranraer Railway, Kirkgunzeon Lane Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Port Road'; Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Nitro-glycerine Works; Edingham Munitions Factory
Canmore ID 137555
Site Number NX86SW 39.02
NGR NX 84877 62923
NGR Description From NX 84854 62908 to NX 84892 62934
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/137555
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Urr
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX86SW 39.02 84854 62908 to 84892 62934
Kirkgunzeon Lane Viaduct [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1982.
Scheduled with Edingham Munitions Factory, for which see NX86SW 36.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 5 October 1998.
This viaduct formerly carried the Dumfries - Stranraer 'Port Road' of the former Glasgow and South-Western Rly over the Kirkgunzeon Lane, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Urr and Kirkgunzeon.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 December 1998.
The viaduct was also part of the boundary between the Royal Naval Munitions factory and the surrounding farmland. The W parapet supports a line of steel boundary posts, the wire having been removed.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), 22 August 2006
