Cumnock, Glaisnock Water, Caponacre Viaduct
Footbridge (19th Century), Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Cumnock, Glaisnock Water, Caponacre Viaduct
Classification Footbridge (19th Century), Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Canmore ID 43504
Site Number NS51NE 11
NGR NS 57372 19520
NGR Description NS 5729 1949 to NS 5745 1953
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43504
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Old Cumnock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS51NE 11 57372 19520
(Location cited as NS 573 195). Viaduct, opened 1872 by the Glasgow and South-Western Rly. A 13-span masonry viaduct with segmental arches, now used as a footbridge.
J R Hume 1976.
Publication Account (1995)
Close by Cumnock are two impressive railway viaducts: Bank Viaduct and Glaisnock Viaduct. The railway to Cumnock was opened in 1850 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, after the construction of this bridge over the Lugar Water. Twenty-two years later the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company built a second railway line through Cumnock, called the Ayr and Cumnock branch line, and opened the Glaisnock Viaduct figure 21. From the Middle Ages, Cumnock had been strategically placed on crossing routes, whether for foot passengers or, later, coach traffic; this function was maintained by the opening of these lines, viaducts and Cumnock's two railway stations.
Information from ‘Historic Cumnock: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1995).
