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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 865744
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/865744
NO57SE 87 59462 71716
For house of The Burn (NO 5979 7265), see NO57SE 77.00.
Loups Bridge
(disused suspension) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1976.
This bridge carries a path over the River North Esk, which here forms the boundary between the the parishes of Edzell (Angus) and Fettercairn (Kincardineshire).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 October 2000.
This double span, wrought-iron suspension bridge has a middle masonry pier. Purportedly by John and James Justice of Dundee, the bridge is undated but due to stylistic similarities and differences (pylon masthead similarities, bolt details, blacksmithing technique, stay and wire connections and so on) between known Justice bridges at Glenisla, Angus (NO26SW 8) and Haughs of Drimmie, Perthshire (NO15SE 45), it may date from between 1824 and 1830.
Information (verbal) from Peter Verity, author of Early Iron Suspension Bridges in Scotland, 16 April 2009.
This bridge was visited by RCAHMS as it is under long term threat (it is disused and not maintained) and is a rare survival. The comparison between detailed RCAHMS drawings of Glenisla, Angus (NO26SW 8) and Haughs of Drimmie, Perthshire (NO15SE 45) indeed suggest a strong resemblence between these bridges and The Loups bridge. The W span is approximately 9.01m and the E span is approximately 10.08m in length. The first edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Kincardineshire, 1864) shows the bridge in use.
Information from RCAHMS (MMD), 24 April 2009.
