Archaeology Notes

Event ID 765497

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ66SE 97 69473 63779

For (probably demolished) Bridge of Banff Lodge (to Duff House) at NJ 69378 63788, see NJ66SE 8.08.

For nearby discovery of Food Vessel Urn (NJ c. 696 637), see NJ66SE 28.

Banff Bridge [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.

(Location cited as NJ 696 638). Bridge of Banff, built 1779 by engineer John Smeaton and widened 1881 by engineer John Willet. A seven-span bridge with dressed-stone arch rings, and rubble spandrels with oculi. The original arches have a smaller radius than those added during widening. Both area segmental.

J R Hume 1977.

The first bridge across the dangerous and unpredictable River Deveron (near Old Market Place) was completed in 1765 but was washed away only three years later. The relacement ferry boat was lost in 1773, and the new (present) seven-arched bridge with its blind baroque roundels was completed by John Smeaton in 1779. Access to the centre of the town is gained via Bridge Street.

C McKean 1990.

This bridge carries the A98 (T) public road across the River Deveron to the E of Banff (NJ66SE 45). The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Banff (to the W) and Gamrie (to the E).

The location assigned to this record indicates the apparent midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NJ c. 69406 63773 to NJ c. 69544 63783.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 June 2006.