Archaeology Notes

Event ID 677668

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN70SW 14 72168 01244

(NN 7216 0124) Bridge of Teith (1535) (NAT)

(NN 7216 0122) Chapel (NR) (Site of).

OS 6" map, (1958).

The Bridge of Teith, of two arches, was built in 1535 by Robert Spittel, tailor to Queen Margaret. A wall, said to have been part of an old chapel, was still visible in 1844.

New Statistical Account (NSA, Rev G Mitchell - 1844), 1845

This bridge shows no obvious traces of antiquity, with the exception, possibly, of the cut-waters. It was widened in 1866 (inscription on parapet) to double its original width, on its west side. There is no trace of any foundations at the published site of the chapel and no information about a chapel was found.

Visited by OS( WDJ) 18 October 1968.

NN c. 721 012. Nothing now remains of the chapel said to have stood close to the Bridge of Teith; part of one wall was still standing in 1844.

RCAHMS 1979, visited August 1978

NSA 1845

(Formerly scheduled as Teith Bridge, Doune). Descheduled.

Information from Historic Scotland, Certificate of Exclusion from Schedule dated 9 October 2001.