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Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders

Bothwell Bridge or Brig is one of the few ribbed-arch mediaeval masonry bridges remaining in Scotland. It

gained everlasting fame as the site of the battle of 1679 in which the Covenanters were tragically defeated by the Duke of Monmouth.

The bridge, dating from ca.1490, which has four slightly pointed arch spans of 45 ft, was originally 11 ft 6 in. wide between parapets but was widened in 1826. It now carries the B7071 road over the Clyde between Uddingston and Hamilton.

R Paxton and S Shipway 2007

Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.