Archaeology Notes

Event ID 745775

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH18SE 7 19538 80589

Auchindrean Bridge [NAT]

OS 1:10,560 map, 1969.

Designed by Sir John Fowler, circa. 1870.

SDD 1960 -.

(Location cited as NH 194 806). Iron Bridge, Auchindrean, probably 1860's. A handsome lenticular-truss bridge of wrought-iron construction, with the wooden deck suspended from the truss by lattice girders. The abutments extend upwards to form semicircular corbelled piers, which support the ends of the trusses. Unique in Scotland.

J R Hume 1977

This bridge carries the approach track to Auchindrean steading (NH18SE 23) over the River Broom from the A835(T) public road (on the E side of the river).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 May 2006.