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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 665485
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/665485
ND16NW 59 11769 68170
Thurso Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1985.
For (predecessor) Thurso, Old Bridge (ND c. 1176 6817), see ND16NW 392.
(Location cited as ND 117 682). Thurso Bridge, built c. 1880. A masonry bridge, with four segmental arches on slender piers, with semi-octagonal cutwaters.
J R Hume 1977.
Thurso Bridge, by Macbey & Gordon, 1885-7. Four segmental arches with pacifist-looking semi-octagonal cutwaters.
J Gifford 1992.
This bridge carries the A882 (T) public road over the River Thurso on the SE side of the town of Thurso (ND16NW 65).
The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from ND c. 11741 68193 to ND c. 11820 68128.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 April 2006.
