Archaeology Notes

Event ID 761861

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT24SE 94 25359 40193

Priorsford Bridge (F B) [NAT]

OS 1:2500 map, 1965.

(Suspension bridge of wire rope and truss deck type: location incorrectly cited as NT 253 403). Late 19th century. Lattice-girder pylons on brick piers, wire-rope cables, iron rod suspenders, lattice-girder span. Span about 100 ft (30.5m). Public footbridge.

J R Hume 1977 b.

(Location cited as NT 253 403). Suspension footbridge, late 19th century. Curved truss span supported by wire-rope cables supported on lattice-girder pylons.

J R Hume 1976.

This bridge carries a footpath across the River Tweed within parkland to the SE of Peebles (NT24SE 49).

The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the span. Map evidence suggest that it extended from NT c. 25371 40215 to NT c. 25357 40171.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 January 2006.