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Field Visit
Date 13 July 1912
Event ID 1087341
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1087341
This bridge (fig. 92 [SC1322904]) spans the River Tyne on the east of Haddington and gives access from the town to the suburb of Nungate. .The structure is over 210 feet in length and traverses a waterway 100 feet in width on three arches; two additional arches on the east carry the incline between the higher level of the roadway of the bridge and the lower level of the ground on the east bank. The western arch is three-centred, the other two spanning the river are slightly pointed, while those carrying the eastern approach are semi-circular and are not contemporaneous with the structure, having been added in the 18th century. The arches are not ribbed, and the cutwaters, which project from the piers, have sloping weather tops. The western approach from the town is angled; the eastern has been altered. The roadway averages 10 feet 8 inches in width and the bridge measures 14 feet 8inches across the parapets.
The structure is built of red sandstone and has been considerably altered and repaired over a long period; from the evidence now visible it appears to date from the 17th century. It is still used for vehicular traffic, and its present condition is satisfactory. In the retaining wall on the east bank to the south of the bridge are several carved stones. At a point A on [RCAHMS 1924] fig. 92 is found a lintel 3 ½ feet by 10 inches inscribed in relief; the first words are illegible, the termination reads A N O 1565. The lintel and some other stones, which apparently bear armorial achievements too decayed to be decipherable, have probably nothing to do with the bridge, and were possibly removed from St. Mary's Church as the stones are of a similar nature.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 13 July 1912.
