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River Clyde, Elvanfoot
Railway Viaduct (20th Century)
Site Name River Clyde, Elvanfoot
Classification Railway Viaduct (20th Century)
Canmore ID 350237
Site Number NS91NE 94
NGR NS 95804 16799
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/350237
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (6 November 2014)
This railway viaduct, which carries the West Coast Main Line over the River Clyde, is situated 500m south-east of Elvanfoot village. It comprises a single span steel fabricated deck that is supported on each side of the river by a concrete pier. These piers stand on the riverbank: between each one and the embankment that carries the railway onto the viaduct from the SE and NW respectively is a passage that allows farm vehicles access to the fields to either side.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, ATW) 6 November 2014.
Project (September 2014 - 2015)
This project, which was largely undertaken in 2015 and 2016, initially comprised a desk-based qualitative assessment of about 360 Canmore records for which a direct association with the River Clyde could be demonstrated, identifying which records could be enhanced, and how, in a subsequent project. The desk-based phase of the project was followed by a programme of fieldwork (https://canmore.org.uk/project/1024867) which identified over 300 previously unrecorded sites along the river.
