Luggie Water Aqueduct, Forth And Clyde Canal is a Grade A listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1986. Aqueduct and bridge.
Luggie Water Aqueduct, Forth And Clyde Canal
- WRENN ID
- iron-flagstone-elm
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- East Dunbartonshire
- Constituency
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch MP: Katrina Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1986
- Type
- Aqueduct and bridge
- OS grid reference
- NS 657 739
- Coordinates
- 55.93965, -4.15105
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Luggie Water Aqueduct, part of the Forth and Clyde Canal, was engineered by John Smeaton and constructed between 1768 and 1775 in the eastern section of Dunbartonshire. This aqueduct features a single wide segmental arch that carries the canal over a roadway, which is supported by a tunnelled low bridge with two arches over the Luggie Water. The structure is built entirely of grey ashlar stone.
The aqueduct has a key-stoned arch, and the walling above follows the curve of the waterway, featuring a band course that is supported on stone blocks. It is adorned with decorative cast-iron railings. The bridge has a bull-faced and rusticated facing from the mid-19th century, which relates to the former London and North Eastern Railway track, although it may also be an extension of an earlier bridge.
Local climate
Luggie Water Aqueduct, Forth And Clyde Canal sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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