Archaeology Notes

Event ID 671202

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/671202

NJ90NW 231 94621 09426

Bridge of Don [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.

(Location cited as NJ 046 093). Bridge of Don. Built 1827-30, by engineers John Smith and Thomas Telford, and widened 1958-60. A seven-span bridge, built entirely of dressed stone, with segmental arches and rounded cutwaters extended up to form semi-hexagonal pedestrian refuges.

J R Hume 1977.

The flat roadway proved a considerable improvement over the steep Brig o' Balgownie (NJ90NW 4). Smith's masonry was duplicated in 1958 when the bridge was widened to accommodate heavier traffic.

(Air photographic reference cited).

NMRS, MS/712/83.

This bridge carries the A92 public road (King Street) over the River Don on the northern outskirts of Aberdeen. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Aberdeen (to the S) and Old Machar (to the N).

The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NJ c. 94643 09500 to NJ c. 94601 09349.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 May 2006.