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Hamilton, Avon Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Hamilton, Avon Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Avon; Avon Bridge; Avonbridge; Ferniegair
Canmore ID 199271
Site Number NS75SW 50
NGR NS 73131 54530
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/199271
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Hamilton (South Lanarkshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Hamilton
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS75SW 50 73131 54530
Viaduct [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.
For associated railway tunnel (adjacent to E), see NS75SW 344.
(Location cited as NS 731 546). Avon Viaduct, opened 1860 by the Caledonian Rly. A 4-span viaduct, with segmental arches of dressed-stone construction.
J R Hume 1976.
This viaduct carries the Motherwell-Hamilton railway line across the River Avon to the S of Hamilton (NS75NW 44).
The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NS c. 73111 54543 to NS c. 73151 54520.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 May 2006.
