Archaeology Notes

Event ID 688346

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO41SW 4 40015 11429

(NO 4001 1143) Bridge (NR)

OS 6" map (1919)

"At the south-east end of Ceres village a small 17th century bridge, locally known as the "Bishop Bridge" after Archbishop Sharp,crosses the stream known as the Craighall or Ceres Burn. It has a single arch with a span of 27ft and a width of 8ft 3ins at the soffit. The roadway which is very steep, has a width of 6ft 4ins between the parapets, and rises to a height of 13ft 6ins above the water-level.

RCAHMS 1933

Bishop Bridge is as described above, and is in a good state of repair.

Visited by OS (DS) 17 October 1956

Above confirmed.

Visited by OS (RDL) 25 May 1964