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Latitude: 55.0712 / 55°4'16"N
Longitude: -2.9243 / 2°55'27"W
OS Eastings: 341072
OS Northings: 575585
OS Grid: NY410755
Mapcode National: GBR 890S.PX
Mapcode Global: WH7Z4.1SQP
Plus Code: 9C7V33CG+F7
Entry Name: Riddings Junction Viaduct
Listing Date: 31 October 1996
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1268307
English Heritage Legacy ID: 461958
ID on this website: 101268307
Location: Cumberland, Cumbria, CA6
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Civil Parish: Kirkandrews
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Kirkandrews-on-Esk St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
NY 47 NW KIRKANDREWS ON ESK RIDDINGS
152-/7/10001 Riddings Junction Viaduct
II*
Railway viaduct, presently disused. 1864, with minor late C20 alterations. Built for the North British Railway. Rock-faced red sandstone structure, comprised of 9 sharply-skewed arches with channelled ashlar voussoirs, the channelling carried diagonally across the arch soffits. The arches are supported on tapered rectangular piers. C20 brick parapets with concrete copings and handrail. The curved viaduct carried a single line track over Liddell Water, the centre of which represents the border between England and Scotland. The Scottish part of the viaduct lies in the parish of Canonbie, in the district of Annandale and Eskdale.
Listing NGR: NY4107275585
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