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Edinburgh, Dean Village, Dean Path, Water Of Leith Bridge
Architectural Fragment(S) (Post Medieval), Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Dean Village, Dean Path, Water Of Leith Bridge
Classification Architectural Fragment(S) (Post Medieval), Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Linking Bells Brae And Dean Path; Old Dean Bridge
Canmore ID 119797
Site Number NT27SW 676
NGR NT 24122 73925
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119797
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Edinburgh, Leith Old Bridge.
'Etching by John Clerk' - 1 lithograph.
Location uncertain at time of upgrade 21.12.1999.
Edinburgh, Water of Leith Village.
In the National Library of Scotland, vol I, nos 3.62 and 63; and vol II, nos 25,26 and 27 of water colour sketches by Thomas Brown, advocate, are sketches of scenes in the Water of Leith village. Reference 'Adv. MSS. 34.8.1-3'. See under 'Water Colour Sketches, series of, by Thomas Brown, advocate'.
Publication Account (1951)
In the masonry at the S. end of the bridge [NT27SW 676] crossing the Water of Leith at the foot of Bell's Brae are inserted two stones recently removed from Lindsay's Mill [NT27SW 698]. On the first is a panel displaying the date 1643 and two bakers' peels in saltire, each bearing three cakes. The second is a window lintel inscribed BLESIT BE GOD FOR AL HIS GIFTIS.
RCAHMS 1951, visited c.1941
