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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Urr
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Stewartry
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

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

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