Archaeology Notes

Event ID 719737

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/719737

NT76NE 30 79153 69977

Pease Bridge [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.

(NT 7915 6997) Pease Bridge was built in 1786. Comprising four tall arches, it is 300ft [91.5m] long, 16ft [4.9m] wide and 130ft [39.6m] high. The parapet is surmounted by an iron railing.

New Statistical Account (NSA, A Baird) 1845; A Thomson 1908.

Pease Bridge, 1786: David Henderson, mason/architect. Four tall arches, nearly 39m (130ft) high over the Pease Dean: the highest bridge in the world at the time of construction.

C A Strang 1994.

This bridge carries the A1107 public road over the Pease Burn to the SE of Cockburnspath village (NT77NE 65).

The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the structure. The available map evidence suggests that it extends from NT c. 79099 69967 to NT c. 79199 69972.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 February 2006.