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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 691877
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/691877
NO65NW 60 60441 59263
Brechin Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:10,560 map, 1970.
Two arches. South arch gothic (perhaps early 13th century) (on east face) with corbelled parapet. Widened on west side 1786 or shortly thereafter and north arch rebuilt in segmental form. Engineer Alexander Stevens. Rubble-built. Large cutwaters and semi-octagonal buttresses. Several references to repairs in the late 17th - early 18th centuries. HBD No. 140
(Location cited as NO 604 593). South Esk Bridge, 13th century (south arch), widened 1786 when north arch rebuilt, engineer Alexander Steven.
J R Hume 1977.
(Formerly scheduled as Brechin Bridge). Descheduled.
Information from Historic Scotland, Certificate of Exclusion from Schedule dated 9 October 2001.
This bridge carries the A933 public road over the River South Esk on the S side of Brechin (NO56SE 40).
The location assigned to this record identifies the apparent midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NO c. 60437 59286 to NO c. 60444 59247.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 June 2006.
