Flockton Wagonway Viaduct

Wagonway viaduct, probably 1790s, for the Flockton Wagonway.

DESCRIPTION: the viaduct is of utilitarian design, built of squared stone laid to courses. It is approximately 55m long with twenty round arches, each with a span of about 2m that supports a track bed that is up to, at most, about 3m above the surrounding ground surface. The viaduct measures approximately 3m wide between its low parapets and is thought to have been single tracked.

The route of the wagonway approaches the viaduct via embankments to the north and south; the viaduct forming a very slight curve in plan form, with the line following a gentle gradient that descends to the north. The area covered by the listing includes these approach embankments at either end of the viaduct.

The arches have single arch rings of roughly squared stone. The low parapets are slightly corbelled out from the face of the viaduct, and where they survive, have thin coping stones.