Bridge Of Findhorn
Road Bridge (20th Century) (1938)
Site Name Bridge Of Findhorn
Classification Road Bridge (20th Century) (1938)
Alternative Name(s) Findhorn Bridge; Findhorn Suspension Bridge; River Findhorn; Boathill
Canmore ID 128855
Site Number NJ05NW 115
NGR NJ 01183 58108
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128855
- Council Moray
- Parish Dyke And Moy
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ05NW 115.00 01183 58108
Bridge of Findhorn [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1984.
NJ05NW 115.01 NJ 0119 5805 Inscribed Stones
NMRS NOTES:
Architect: Captain S Brown RN, 1831.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This bridge carries the A96 (T) public road across the River Findhorn, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Forres (to the SE) and Dyke and Moy (to the NW).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 April 1998.
This B-listed structure, an important example of an inter-war single-span steel bridge, was recorded as part of the Listed Buildings Recording Programme for 2001-02. Inscribed plaques record that it was designed by Blythe and Blythe Engineers in 1938. It measures some 90m in length.
Inscribed stone slabs commemorating earlier bridges survive on the south-east bank.
Information from RCAHMS (NMC) 2002.
Bridge of Findhorn [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, February 2011.
