Larbert Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Larbert Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Carron
Canmore ID 46942
Site Number NS88SE 42
NGR NS 85890 81901
NGR Description From NS 8586 8181 to NS 8592 8201
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46942
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Larbert
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88SE 42 8586 8181 to 8592 8201
(Location cited as NS 859 820). Larbert viaduct, opened 1848 by the Scottish Central Rly. A 23-span viaduct with dressed-stone arch rings and coursed-rubble spandrels and piers. The arches are strengthened by old rails.
J R Hume 1976.
This viaduct carries the Glasgow-Perth (main) line of the (former) Caledonian Rly. over the valley of the River Carron between Carmuirs Junction and Larbert at a point where the river forms the boundary between the parishes of Falkirk and Larbert.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 November 1997.
Note (20 November 2019)
Hume states that there are 23 spans but this is likely an error. A recent survey of the aqueduct recorded 14 spans.
Information from HES (MMcD) 20 November 2019
