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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 704830
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/704830
NS77NW 43 NS 7372 7737
See also NS77NW 53.
For (nearby) canal stables, see NS77NW 44.
Although modified with later decking and handrails, the bridge at Craigmarloch was until recently one of the last surviving bridges on the canal to retain significant elements of its original design. It has been a two-part bascule bridge manually operated by spur gearing of slightly differing design on each bank, in conjunction with counterweights encased in pits within the abutments. Framed wooden fenders and gates flank the water-borne approaches to the narrow 21ft (6.4m) wide opening.
G D Hay and G P Stell 1986.
This bridge carries an unclassified public road over the Forth and Clyde Canal at the E end of Croy Hill.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 September 1997.
