Archaeology Notes
Event ID 747041
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NJ61NW 13 61792 18681
Bridge of Keig [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1980
EXTERNAL REFERENCE: SRO
Bridge over the River Don near Putachie.
Proposal, specification, estimate of £2,054 sterling, elevation and plan.
1815 GD/52/23.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NJ 617 186). Bridge of Keig. Built 1817; engineer Thomas Telford. A single segmental-arched span of 101 ft (30.8m).
J R Hume 1977.
Visible on air photographs AAS/93/G28/4-5, flown 27 October 1993. (Copies held by Grampian Regional Council).
Information from Grampian Regional Council (Mrs M Greig), March 1994.
Newspaper reference: Aberdeen Press and Journal, 27 March 1955.
NMRS, MS/712/56.
This bridge carries the B992 public road over the River Don to the SE of Keig village (NJ61NW 16).
The location assigned to this record defines the apparent midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NJ c. 61787 18699 to NJ c. 61797 18664.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 June 2006.