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Elgin, Sheriffmill Road, Sheriffmill Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Elgin, Sheriffmill Road, Sheriffmill Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) West Road; River Lossie; Bridge Of Sheriffmills
Canmore ID 16647
Site Number NJ26SW 38
NGR NJ 20139 62883
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16647
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 38 20139 62883
Bridge of Sheriffmills [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1984.
(Location cited as NJ 202 629 and name as Sheriffmill Bridge). Built 1803 and partly rebuilt 1829. A two-span bridge with dressed-stone arch rings and rubble spandrels; the arches are segmental and the cutwaters triangular.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carries the former line of West Road (now superseded by the A96 (T) public road) over the River Lossie in the western outskirts of Elgin. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Elgin (to the SE) and Spynie (to the NW).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 October 1997.
