Skatie Shore, Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Skatie Shore, Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Stonehaven Viaduct; Den Of Cowie
Canmore ID 36947
Site Number NO88NE 62
NGR NO 88852 88046
NGR Description NO 8883 8800 to NO 8886 8812
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fetteresso
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO88NE 62 8883 8800 to 8886 8812
Not to be confused with Glenury Viaduct (NO 8680 8680 to 8700 8701), for which see NO88NE 60.
(Location cited as NO 880 881). Viaduct, Skatie Shore. Opened c. 1850 by The Aberdeen Rly; rebuilt c. 1880 and again recently. A 4-span viaduct with plate girders (formerly wooden trusses) on masonry piers. There are small semicircular access arches in the abutments.
J R Hume 1977.
This viaduct carries the Glasgow-Aberdeen (main) line of the former Caledonian Rly. (which was extensively used by Edinburgh-Aberdeen trains of the former North British Rly.) over the Den of Cowie.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 September 1997.
Air photograph: AAS/97/07/G15/24.
NMRS, MS/712/29.
