Archaeology Notes

Event ID 700432

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS42SW 5 43766 23477.

(NS 4376 2347) Stair Bridge: A three-span masonry bridge (over the River Ayr), built in 1745.

J R Hume 1976

This bridge is in good repair.

Visited by OS (MJF) 20 October 1980.

Stair Bridge is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ayrshire, 1860, sheet xxxiv), the 25-inch (sheet xxxiv.2, ibid) shows the bridge with cutwaters.

The Object Name Book (ONB), describes the bridge as ' A stone bridge of three arches, over the River Ayr; on a turnpike road. Built and kept in repair by the County. Constructed in 1774' (Name Book 1857).

Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2008