Gatehead, Railway Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Gatehead, Railway Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Irvine; Duke Of Portland's Waggonway
Canmore ID 41896
Site Number NS33NE 29
NGR NS 38248 36537
NGR Description NS c. 38232 36551 to NS c. 38270 36519
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Dundonald (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS33NE 29 38248 36537 (NS c. 38232 36551 to NS c. 38270 36519)
Location formerly entered as NS 38238 36550.
Not to be confused with Laigh Milton Viaduct (NS 38348 36902), for which see NS33NE 34.
This viaduct formerly carried the Barassie-Kilmarnock line of the former Glasgow and South Western Rly over the River Irvine which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Dundonald (former district of Kyle and Carrick) to the WNW and Kilmaurs (former district of Kilmarnock and Loudoun) to the ESE.
The location cited indicates the centre of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NS c. 38232 36551 to NS c. 38270 36519.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 November 1998.
