Archaeology Notes

Event ID 773191

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX97NE 108 97259 75703

Suspension Bridge

(Foot) [NAT]

OS 1:2500 map, 1965.

NMRS REFERENCE:

ENGINEER: C.Willet 1875.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(Location cited as NX 973 757). Suspension footbridge, built 1875 by engineer J Willet. A light lattice-truss span with flat-link chains and iron-rod suspenders. The pylons are of cast iron, consisting of two pairs of Doric columns with entablatures.

J R Hume 1976.

(Suspension bridge of Samual Brown flat link type). Built 1875 by J Willett, engineer and J Abernethy and Co. (contractors). Classical cast-iron pylons, two flat-link chains (2 links wide) on each side, iron rod suspenders and lattice girder span.

J R Hume 1977b.

Suspension bridge from Dockhead to Suspension Brae, by John Willet, 1874-5, reconstructed to the original design using modern methods by W A Fairhurst and Partners, 1985.

J Gifford 1996.

This bridge carries a footpath across the River Nith to the N of St Michael's Bridge (NX97NE 111). It links Dockhead and Mill Green (within Troqueer parish) to the W, with Dockhead (within Dumfries parish) to the E.

The location assigned to this record defines the mispoint of the structure. The available map evidence suggests that it extends from NS c. 97229 75685 to NX c. 97284 75716.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 March 2006.