Tarrasfoot Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Tarrasfoot Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hinds Hole; Tarras Water; Glen Tarras
Canmore ID 67700
Site Number NY38SE 51
NGR NY 37897 81054
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67700
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Langholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY38SE 51 37897 81054
Location formerly cited as NY 3782 8111 to NY 3795 8099.
For corresponding road bridge (upstream, to NE), see NY38SE 249.
(Location cited as NY 379 810). Viaduct, Tarrasfoot. Opened 1864 by the Border Union Rly. A 12-span masonry structure with semicircular arches, now disused.
J R Hume 1976.
This viaduct carried the Riddings Junction (Waverley route) to Langholm branch of the North British Railway (grouped into the London and North Eastern Rly.) across the Tarras Water to the N of Tarrasfoot steading (NY38SE 78). The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Canonbie (to the SE) and Langholm (to the NW).
The branch opened on 18th April 1864, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 15 June 1964.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 March 1996.
J Thomas 1971; G Daniels and L Dench 1980.
This viaduct has been demolished [date unknown].
The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NY c. 37830 81121 to NY c. 37947 80997.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 March 2006.
Photographic Survey (30 September 1986)
Photographic survey by RCAHMS in September 1986.
