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HER Number:	MCO55263
Name:	RINGWELL - Post Medieval railway viaduct

Summary

Ringwell Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway.

Grid Reference:	SW 7892 4097
Parish:	Feock, Carrick, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

RAILWAY VIADUCT (19th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1863 AD to 1933 AD)

Full description

Ringwell Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway at 304m 1c. Ringwell was 366 ft long, with a maximum height of 70 ft on five masonry piers and was a Margary class A2 structure. Between 1932 and 1933 the viaduct was replaced by a new embankment and culvert, which buried the existing structure in-situ.

<1> Woodfin, RJ, 1972, The Cornwall Railway (Bibliographic reference). SCO5068.

<2> Binding. J, 1993, Brunel's Cornish Viaducts, 113 (Bibliographic reference). SCO20854.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO5068 - Bibliographic reference: Woodfin, RJ. 1972. The Cornwall Railway.
[2]	SCO20854 - Bibliographic reference: Binding. J. 1993. Brunel's Cornish Viaducts. 113.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

165670

Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument)

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