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Field Visit
Date 1 July 1913
Event ID 1087343
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1087343
A little over ¾ mile east of the town of Haddington, the river Tyne, on emerging from the policies of Amisfield House, is spanned by a bridge of the early 16th century (fig. 91 [SC 1126856]).
The structure has a total span of 131 feet by 16 feet in width and is borne on three pointed drop-centred arches. These arches had originally five ribs with chamfered edges, each 1 foot 6 ½ inches broad, dividing the vault into six bays; the ribs of the central arch are complete, three ribs have been removed from the north arch and two from the southern.
Two courses above the archivolts a row of corbels of slight projection carry the overhang of the parapet and appear to indicate a subsequent widening of the roadway, which now is 13 feet 6 inches wide. The piers between the arches have projecting cutwaters terminating in sloping tops at the level of the corbels. A panel over the southern arch records that the bridge was repaired, but the date is indecipherable. On the west coping the date 1870 is incised and probably records a later repair. The bridge is in use and in good condition.
RCAHMS, visited 1 July 1913.
