Archaeology Notes

Event ID 686316

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/686316

NO26SW 8 21275 60303

FB [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Scottish Record Office

Bridge over the Isla.

4 Documents concerning the construction of this by the Kirk Session of Glenisla

1835-1836 GD 16/38/59

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(Location cited as NO 213 603 and name as Glenisla School Bridge). Built 1824, engineer and contractor, John Justice, Dundee. A most interesting small wrought-iron suspension bridge, with the diagonal suspension rods linked to the pylons.

J R Hume 1977a.

(Suspension bridge of John Justice type). Built 1824 by John Justice, Dundee, engineer and contractor. Wrought-iron pylons, iron rod stay and suspension chains and deck support, wooden deck. Span 62 ft (18.9m). Public footbridge.

J R Hume 1977b.

This site has only been partially upgraded for SCRAN. For further information, please consult the Architecture Catalogues for Angus District.

[NMRS] March 1998.

This bridge carries a footpath over the River Isla to the SW of Kirkton of Glenisla.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 May 2001.