Culloden Viaduct
57.478055555556 - 4.0625Koordinaten: 57 ° 28 ' 41 "N, 4 ° 3' 45 " W
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Nairn
The Culloden Viaduct is part of the railway line Perth - Inverness ( Highland Main Line) in Scotland, the swings in Inverness about nine kilometers east to the River Nairn to cross at Culloden. It leads past the ancient grave sites of Clava and is therefore also called Clava Viaduct; other names are Culloden Moor Viaduct or Nairn Viaduct.
The viaduct was built in 1893-1898 under the direction of John Fowler and Murdoch Paterson by Charles Brand & Sons. It is the longest railway viaduct in Scotland.
He has 28 stone arch of 15.24 m length each and a main arch over the river of 30.48 m length. The construction of the 39 m high viaduct is plain and without any embellishments. Only the fighter pillars of the main arc were stressed.
The viaduct was inducted into the Scottish lists of monuments in the highest category A in 1971.