Archaeology Notes

Event ID 758677

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/758677

NT73SW 93 73521 33842

Chain Bridge [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1993.

For Hunter's Bridge (Kelso By-pass), see NT73SW 246.

(Location cited as NT 735 538). Suspension footbridge, Wooden, early 19th century. A small private bridge, with iron link chains, solid suspender rods, and an ordinary link-chain railing. The pylons are of steel, set in concrete bases, and the footway is made of wooden planks.

J R Hume 1976.

(Suspension bridge of Samual Brown chain type). Early 19th century. Steel pylons (presumably replacing wood), single iron link chain on each side with alternative open and closed link ends, iron rod suspenders and wooden plank deck. Private footbridge.

J R Hume 1977b.

The remnants of a suspension bridge were the subject of this RCAHMS photographic survey. Much of it had already been removed leaving only the steel piers and some of the chains. It was removed as part of the new Hunter's Bridge/Kelso Bypass scheme (for which, see NT73SW 246).

Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), February 1998.

This bridge formerly gave access to the extensive midstream island of Wooden Anna from the S, across a subsidiary channel of the River Tweed which apparently also formed the lade of Wooden Mill (NT73SW 116). It did not cross the main channel of the river, which lies further N.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 February 2006.