WoSAS Pin: 6761

Site Name: Giffenmill Viaduct

Alternative Name(s):

Monument Type: Railway Viaduct

Council: North Ayrshire

Parish: Beith

Map Sheet: NS35SE

Grid Reference: 236775, 651150

Canmore Number: 42190

Non-Statutory Register Code: B

Site Report

WoSASPIN 6761
NS 3677 5114

1903. 7-span, semi-circular concrete arched viaduct with rubble facing, across Dusk water. Pilaster panels between each arch rise through parapet and coping; string course below parapet.

Built for the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
Derived from HS Listed Buildings data.
Entered WoSAS (CF) 13/12/00

(Location cited as NS 356 5111). Giffenmill Viaduct, opened 1903 by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Rly. A 7-span viaduct, with semicircular concrete arches, now disused.
J R Hume 1976.
Entered WoSAS (MO'H) 02/10/2007

Further Reading and Sources

Hume, J R , The industrial archaeology of Scotland. Volume 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London.(1976)