Earlston, Leader Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Earlston, Leader Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Leader Water; Earlston Viaduct
Canmore ID 145863
Site Number NT53NE 84
NGR NT 57251 38133
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/145863
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Earlston
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
NT53NE 84 57253 38132
Viaduct [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1992.
Location formerly entered as NT 5724 3814.
Not to be confused with Leaderfoot Viaduct (NT 57385 34743, across the River Tweed), for which see NT53SE 76.
(Location cited as NT 573 381). Viaduct, Earlston, built c. 1865 for the Berwickshire Rly. A 3-span viaduct, with dressed-stone arch rings, and rubble spandrels and curved wing walls. There are rounded cutwaters.
J R Hume 1976.
This viaduct formerly carried the Reston - St Boswells (Ravenswood Junction) branch line of the North British Rly over the Leader Water to the SSW of Earlston village (NT53NE 47). This portion of the line closed to regular passenger traffic on 13 August 1948.
The Leader Water here forms the boundary between the parishes of Earlston (to the NE) and Melrose (to the SW).
The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NT c. 57239 38115 to NT c. 57268 38152.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 January 2006.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
