Castle Forbes, Craigpot Suspension Footbridge

Craigpot (pedestrian) suspension bridge, late 19th century. Rare Donside example of Victorian high-tech; the two single wire cables are slung over severely classical pairs of hollow cast-iron columns and the decking is of wooden slats, laid diagonally across the supporting struts.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

NJ61NW 11.08 62732 18780

Location formerly cited as NJ 6273 1878.

Suspension Bridge (Foot) [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1980.

(Name cited as Craigpot). This suspension (foot)bridge is supported by pairs of cast-iron Tuscan columns and is locally said (Capt. Thomas) to be 'well over 100 years old'. It crosses the river within a steep-sided valley which runs NE-SW at an altitude of 110m OD. The timber decking is beginning to decay, and there are wild bees in the S uprights.

NMRS, MS/712/56, visited 3 July 1984.

This bridge carries an estate footpath over the River Don to the NW of Craigpot Cottage (NJ61NW 78).

The location assigned to this record defines the apparent centre of the span. The available map (GIS) evidence indicates that it extends from NJ 62727 18807 to NJ 62736 18759.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 June 2006.