Aberfoyle, Manse Road, Forth Bridge
Road Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Aberfoyle, Manse Road, Forth Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Forth
Canmore ID 128831
Site Number NN50SW 17
NGR NN 52015 00923
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128831
- Council Stirling
- Parish Aberfoyle
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN50SW 17 52015 00923
Not to be confused with the Pow Bridge (NN 51776 00396), for which see NN50SW 23.
This bridge carries Manse Road (an unclassified public road) over the River Forth between Aberfyle (to the NNE) and Kirkton (to the SSW). It is the highest bridging point over the river.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 May 2010.
Also see under Aberfoyle, Pow Bridge for reference which may relate to either bridge.
REFERENCE - Scottish Record Office
Repair of the Bridge.
Payments to James Simpson, Mason.
Cash Book
1847-1850 GD 220/6/38 and 39
Aberfoyle. Estimate and receipted account for 3 stone bridges to be built by George Taylor on the Hight Road between Stirling and Inversnaid. ?44.4.6
1774 GD 220/6/1523/44
Aberfoyle. Repair of the Bridge over the Water of Forth.
Estimate making good the foundation, repairing the tops of the middle pillar, making up the ledges and soping the whole on both sides.
£9.16.6
Attested by Alexander Gowan, Mason.
1761 GD 220/6/1505/26
(Undated) information in NMRS.
