Culloden Viaduct

The viaduct is highly banked on its approaches and is an impressive structure that spans the Nairn valley.  Culloden viaduct; also known as the Nairn viaduct was designed by Murdoch Paterson and was built in 1898 of local sandstone and has 28 arches, each 50 feet wide, except for the one spanning the River Nairn, which is 100 feet wide.  The length of it is 1800 feet (549 metres).

It is a category A listed building with Historic Environment Scotland and lies to the east of Culloden Battlefield and also Clava Cairns.

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Culloden Viaduct features on our Scottish Castles and Loch Ness tour.

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Culloden Viaduct features on our Cawdor Castle, Culloden Battlefield, Inverness and Loch Ness tour.

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Culloden Viaduct features on our Secret Loch Ness and Cawdor Castle tour.

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Thistle Excursions are a bus tour operator which departs from Invergordon. This is the perfect location for visitors on touring cruise ships stopping in the Cromarty Firth at the port of Invergordon. Our Invergordon bus tours are the prefect way for tourists and sightseeers to get a true taste of the Highlands of Scotland. Our bus tours which leave from Invergordon feature some of the best Highland locations; Loch Ness, Culloden Battlefield, Inverness, Beauly Priory, Black Rock Gorge, Clava Cairns, Cawdor Castle, Urqhuart Castle, Carnegie Whisky Cellar and Balblair Distillery. Check out our Highland bus tour destinations page to choose which sights you want to see. Our bus tours have been chosen to allow you to see the most iconic destinations featured in numerous films, TV shows and rich Scottish History. So if you are looking for the perfect sightseeing tour of the Highlands, Thistle Excursions is your tour operator.

We also offer tailormade bus tours of the Highlands from Invergordon and Inverness.

When booking your tour please choose carefully which castle you wish to visit. Either Cawdor, Urquhart or Dunrobin. You can visit one on your tour but when doing the Cawdor visit you will see Urquhart beside Loch Ness in the background, but you do not visit both.  Time does not allow.