Railway Bridge In Policies, Castle Grant is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 December 1979. Bridge.

Railway Bridge In Policies, Castle Grant

WRENN ID
long-barrel-merlin
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 December 1979
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NJ 036 306
Coordinates
57.35623, -3.60363
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Railway Bridge in Policies, Castle Grant, dates from around 1864. It features three arched openings made of tooled granite, with ashlar granite arch rings. The central arch is wider and has a keystone, spanning what was once a railway track. Columnar buttresses are positioned on either side of the central arch, while pilaster strip buttresses flank the outer arches and serve as end piers. The bridge is topped with a crenellated parapet. The overall span of the bridge is approximately 48 feet.

Local climate

Railway Bridge In Policies, Castle Grant sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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