6-670: Riddings Junction Viaduct (or Riddings Viaduct ) is a disused cross-border railway bridge over Liddel Water between Kirkandrews , in Cumbria , north-western England, and Canonbie in Dumfries and Galloway , south-western Scotland. It is a listed building in both countries; the Scottish section is category A listed, and the English section is Grade II*. The viaduct consists of nine semi-elliptical, depressed arches on an unusually sharp skew , crossing
12-730: A span of 44 feet (13 metres). The viaduct was built for the North British Railway at the very beginning of its branch from Riddings Junction on the outskirts of Carlisle to Langholm in Scotland, part of the Waverley Route . The viaduct runs from the south bank of Liddel Water in Kirkandrews-on-Esk in Cumbria to the north bank near Rowanburn , in the parish of Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway. It opened on 18 March 1864 and closed, with
18-690: The Debatable Lands . Liddel Water's source is beneath Peel Fell in Roxburghshire , in the Scottish Borders , where it is formed by the confluence of Caddroun Burn , Wormscleuch Burn and Peel Burn (burn is the Scots term for a stream). Soon afterwards, the nascent Liddel Water is fed by Dawston Burn near the village of Saughtree . The river continues to pick up tributaries (listed below) as it follows its southwesterly course, which takes it through
24-414: The rest of the line, on 18 September 1967; the viaduct has been disused ever since. It carried a single track for its entire operational life; the rails were removed when the line closed. Liddel Water Liddel Water is a river running through southern Scotland and northern England , for much of its course forming the border between the two countries , and was formerly one of the boundaries of
30-400: The river in a sweeping curve. It is built from local red sandstone and faced in ashlar . The arches are supported on tapering rectangular piers. The stonework has decorative channelling which continues diagonally through the soffits . A brick parapet and iron handrail were added in the late 20th century. The viaduct is 60 feet (18 metres) high and 160 yards (150 metres) long, each arch having
36-547: The village of Newcastleton (also known as Copshaw Holm ) to that of Kershopefoot , where the burn begins to mark the Anglo-Scottish border . Liddel Water then flows into the River Esk at Willow Pool, overlooked by the earthworks of the former castle of Liddel Strength near Carwinley, Cumbria . 55°03′N 2°57′W / 55.050°N 2.950°W / 55.050; -2.950 This article related to
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