Bridge Of Waithe
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bridge Of Waithe
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bridge Of Waith
Canmore ID 153335
Site Number HY21SE 70
NGR HY 28149 11267
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/153335
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stenness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21SE 70 28149 11267.
(Location cited as HY 282 113). Bridge of Waith, built 1859. A three-span masonry bridge, with segmental arches and rounded cutwaters.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge also lies in Stenness parish.
Information from RCAHMS (RC) 20 December 1999.
Publication Account (1977)
(Location cited as HY 282 113). Bridge of Waith, built 1859. A three-span masonry bridge, with segmental arches and rounded cutwaters.
J R Hume 1977.
Field Visit (28 July 2010)
This rubble-built bridge with three segmental arches, battered abutments and round topped pointed breakwaters. The arches have cutashlar undersides. The datestone was covered in moss but according to Hume (1977) the bridge dates from 1859. Recent work has been carried out on the bridge including the addition of gabions for stabilisation of the approach and bridge piers.
Visited by RCAHMS (MMD/IA) 28 July 2010.
Photographic Record (28 July 2010)
