Archaeology Notes

Event ID 686494

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO29NE 16 28736 95356

Suspension Bridge [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.

(Location cited as NO 287 953). Suspension footbridge, Abergeldie Castle. Built 1885, engineers Blaikie Brothers, Aberdee, A wood and angle-iron deck supported from two pairs of wire-rope cables by iron-rod suspenders. The railings are of light woven wire, and the pylons, with ornamental heads, are of lattice-girder construction on concrete bases. Private, built at the expense of Queen Victoria. See The Engineer, 60 (1885), 102-3.

J R Hume 1977a.

(Suspension bridge of wire rope and unstiffened deck type with iron or steel pylons: location cited as NO 287 953). Built 1885 by Blaikie Bros., Aberdeen, engineers. Lattice-girder pylons, wire-rope cables (two on each side), rod suspenders, iron-framed wooden deck, woven wire railings. Private footbridge.

J R Hume 1977b.

(Location cited as NO 288 953). Abergeldie Castle Bridge. This private footbridge was built in 1885, and is in a relatively poor state of repair, being rusty and evidently out of use. Situated 1.5 miles E of Balmoral Castle (NO29NE 15.00), it was built by Blaikie Brothers at Queen Victoria's expense for the benefit of her guests using Abergeldie Castle (NO29NE 1.00). Two wire rope cables and iron rod suspenders hold the wooden deck; the lattice towrs are linked with a pretty ironwork bar. The railing is a light woven wire, and steep steps lead up to the gate.

G Nelson 1990.

This short bridge carries a footpath across the River Dee to the NE of Abergeldie Castle (NO29NE 1.00). The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Crathie & Braemar (to the S) and Glenmuick, Tullich & Glangairn (to the N).

The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the span.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 January 2006.