Archaeology Notes

Event ID 705745

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS89NW 4 84651 95138

For successive replacement bridges (adjacent to N), see NS89NW 47 and NS89NW 153.

Not to be confused with Tullibody Bridge (to the N of Tullibody, at NS 85732 95960), for which see NS89NE 39.

NMRS REFERENCE:

Architect: Contract between Tobias Bauchop, mason, and the Earl of Mar, January 1697 'he shall construct and build a new arch to the east end of the bridge at Tullibody'.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Edinburgh City Library: 'Memorials of Alloa' by John Crawford.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(NS 8465 9514) The old Bridge at Bridgend is no longer in use. It was constructed in three sections and measures about 442ft [134.8m]. The two arches spanning the river appear to have constituted the original early 16th century bridge. Before 1616 the bridge had been extended to the west and one arch survives from this period. The western end is of relatively late date.

The bridge is said to have been built by Robert Sibbald, tailor to James IV but no authority is given for this attribution.

RCAHMS 1933.

The bridge is much restored, the whole of the parapet appearing modern. Fragments of old masonry are visible in the central portion.

Visited by OS (JD) 10 June 1953.

(Listed among 'Bridges not carrying important roads at entry to large towns').

T Ruddock 1984.

This bridge carries the former line of the A907 public road over the River Devon about 1.6km NNW of its debouchement into the River Forth and just W of Alloa (NS89SE 45). This bridge differs from its successors (NS89NW47 and NS89NW 153) in that both ends fall within the parish of Alloa.

This bridge is depicted, but not noted, on the latest OS 1:10,000 map [no date available] and the current OS (GIS) AIB. The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that the bridge itself extends from NS c. 84642 95139 to NS c. 84662 95139, but it is approached over lengthy embanked causeways on both sides.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 June 2006.