Watching Brief

Date 1 February 2014 - 24 February 2014

Event ID 1152655

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1152655

Built 1737. 2-arch stone bridge spanning River Dee on Tongland/Kirkcudbright parish boundaries. 2 segmental arches, 100ft approx span in all including central pier. V-cutwater buttresses flank arches to both elevations; possibly partially rebuilt or quoin-stones recut. Narrow rubble voussoirs, rubble soffit and abutments. Dressed stone to cutwaters and base of central pier. Rubble parapets rebuilt and now cantilevered out to give footpaths each side. Original width of carriageway 10ft approx. Parapet with sandstone coping and slightly splayed embrasures terminating in pyramidal capstone.

Information from Hannah Tweedie, CFA Archaeology Ltd., February 2014