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Dumfries, Old Bridge View from ENE showing part of SE front
SC 602230
Description Dumfries, Old Bridge View from ENE showing part of SE front
Date 22/8/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 602230
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Old Bridge, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway This bridge was originally built in about 1430-2, and has been repaired on many occasions. The eastern half was rebuilt in 1620, after a collapse, and three of the 1620 spans were demolished in 1794, after most traffic had been diverted to the New Bridge, opened in the previous year. This shows the bridge from the south-east. The two piers to the right are part of the 1620 work, and though similar to the medieval work, have shorter cutwaters. The third pier from the right originally supported an arch over the carriageway. This bridge is now a footbridge, and the toll-house at the west end is a museum. It is also known as Dervorguilla's Bridge, after the mother of John Balliol and founder of Sweetheart Abbey, who may well have endowed an earlier bridge on this site. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/336/1B
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/602230
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