Killiecrankie Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Killiecrankie Viaduct (1865-)Opened on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
Description
This is a single track castellated stone viaduct of ten arches in the Pass of Killiecrankie. The viaduct is 109 yds long and each arch is 35ft long, 54 ft above the River Garry. The Garry is not crossed, the viaduct runs alongside it on very steep ground of the north/east bank.
Joseph Mitchell was the engineer. He noted the immensity of retaining walls for the line and that the narrowness of the pass required a viaduct to carry the line. The viaduct was needed to reach the hill of The Soldier's Leap crossing the Trooper's Den burn. General George Wade's road is above, with the A9 above again.
To the immediate north the line enters Killiecrankie Tunnel before emerging at the former Killiecrankie station.
Tags
Viaduct Trooper^s Den Burn River GarryExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
Facilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Killiecrankie Pitlochry Blair Atholl Black Island Platform Grandtully Balnaguard Halt Struan Ballinluig Aberfeldy Guay Dalguise Glenlochsie Lodge Dalmunzie Hotel Dunkeld and Birnam Rohallion | Killiecrankie Tunnel Pass of Killiecrankie A9 Box Bridge [Faskally] Clunie Dam Tourist/other Killiecrankie House The Soldier^s Leap Claverhouse Stone Craigower Viewpoint Faskally House Linn of Tummel Waterfall Bonskeid House East Cottages Level Crossing [Pitlochry] Moulin Level Crossing Sunnybrae Cottage Loch Faskally |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 23/05/2022 | Pass times: When trains sped from Killiecrankie and Blair Atholl [The Courier] |
