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River Avon joins the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth. After Muiravonside Country Park, the other end of the River Avon Heritage Trail, the Bowhouse Burn confluence occurs just before the Avon Aqueduct. [9] This is the tallest aqueduct in Scotland. The Avon Aqueduct—Scotland's longest navigable aqueduct—carries the Union Canal above the river ...
Longest span. 50 feet (15 m) No. of spans. Twelve. History. Designer. Hugh Baird. Location. The Avon Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon, near Linlithgow, Scotland.
The Avon Water rises in the hills on the boundary between East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire, close to the head of the Irvine Water. The river flows in a north easterly direction, following the A71 road past Drumclog, and running to the south of Strathaven, where the river enters a more pronounced valley. The Avon flows between the village of ...
The River Avon (pronounced “A'an” [ 3] /ɑːn/) is a river in the Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands, and a tributary of the River Spey. It drains the north-eastern area of the Cairngorm Mountains and is largely contained within the Cairngorms National Park. The source of the River Avon is conventionally said to be Loch A'an situated ...
Bridge of Avon. / 57.406°N 3.36089°W / 57.406; -3.36089. The Bridge of Avon is a bridge over the River Avon at Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland, built between 1800 and 1801 by George Burn. [1] [2] The bridge is mainly rubble -built, with an abutment on the south bank, and a pier with a cutwater on the north bank, of tooled ashlar. [3]
Avon Gorge (Falkirk) Coordinates: 55.99444°N 3.66890°W. View of the River Avon from the Avon Aqueduct. The Avon Gorge (grid reference NS960792) is a small wooded gorge in Falkirk, Scotland.
In Scotland examples include Coalburn, Bannockburn, Aultmore. Abhainn in Gaelic meaning river, which is anglicised as Avon. There is also a similar Brythonic cognate. This sometimes leads to curious 'double' namings of rivers by Anglo-Saxon speakers, such as River Avon and River Afton (literally "River River").
The Avon Viaduct carries the railway over the River Avon at Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland . The 442-yard (404 m), 23-arch bridge was built in 1839–1841 by John Miller, engineer for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. [ 1][ 2] The viaduct straddles the border between the West Lothian and Falkirk Council areas, so has two Historic ...