Killiecrankie Viaduct is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Railway viaduct.
Killiecrankie Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- guardian-obsidian-birch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- OS grid reference
- NN 916 625
- Coordinates
- 56.74195, -3.77272
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Killiecrankie Viaduct is a railway viaduct designed by civil engineer Joseph Mitchell in 1863. It features a curving structure with 10 segmental arches made from roughly coursed, squared, and snecked bull-faced rubble. The arches are accented with raised ashlar voussoirs, brick infill, and brick-lined arches. Notable architectural elements include a corbel course, a saddleback-coped parapet, and crenellated turrets with gunloops.
On the southwest elevation, a turret projects from the center pier, flanked by five regular arches, each supported by three cast-iron tie-plates. Additional turrets are located on the outer piers, with the turret on the right featuring a small carved head. These elements are connected by a continuous corbel course and parapet. To the right, a contrasting darker rubble approach wall leads to a two-stage turret with a reduced upper stage and a narrow floodwater arch. A parapet wall on higher ground to the left leads to the tunnelmouth.
The southeast elevation of the tunnelmouth is approached by stepped walls that lead to a moulded tunnelmouth, which is characterized by large square voussoirs. This section transitions into a corbel course and parapet that includes a raised moulded tablet and flanking corbelled turrets.
Local climate
Killiecrankie Viaduct sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 73 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 52 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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