Finlathen Aqueduct, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1993. Aqueduct.

Finlathen Aqueduct, Dundee

WRENN ID
deep-lantern-torch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 1993
Type
Aqueduct
OS grid reference
NO 420 330
Coordinates
56.48605, -2.94254
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Finlathen Aqueduct in Dundee was designed by James Leslie and built between 1845 and 1848. It features 11 spans with segmental arches that cross the Dighty River. The aqueduct is constructed from rubble, with ashlar voussoirs. It is 8 feet wide and has coped parapets along the walkway.

Local climate

Finlathen Aqueduct, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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