Archaeology Notes
Event ID 704545
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/704545
NS75NW 1 72889 57961.
(NS 7289 5796) Roman Bridge (R)
OS 6" map (1910)
About 1/4 mile E of Bothwell Haugh there is a bridge across the South Calder, supposed to be of Roman construction. It consists of one semi-circular arch without parapets (NSA 1845). General Roy, in 1793, does not mention the bridge although he must have been fully acquainted with it.
J Macdonald 1895
This bridge is obviously of medieval or later origin; no evidence of Roman work was found in it.
J M Davidson 1952
This small, hump-backed bridge, 14m long and 2.8m wide, has a modern cobbled surface. It is definitely not Roman, though it does appear to be very old, possibly medieval in origin as suggested above.
Visited by OS (JLD) 8 September 1953
Possibly 18th century.
SDD List, undated.
It is probable that this bridge was restored by James Hamilton in the late 17th century. While it may have originated as a medieval pack-horse bridge, a Roman bridge must have existed here or near here next to the Roman bathhouse, fort and road (NS75NW 2 and NS75NW 23 RRX 509).
J Sloan 1986.