Keith, Regent Street, Old Bridge Of Keith
Bridge (17th Century)
Site Name Keith, Regent Street, Old Bridge Of Keith
Classification Bridge (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Auld Brig; Bridge Of Grange; River Islay; River Isla
Canmore ID 17380
Site Number NJ45SW 7
NGR NJ 42762 50796
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17380
- Council Moray
- Parish Keith
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ45SW 7 42762 50796
Auld Brig [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, March 2010.
For (replacement) Union Bridge (NJ 4281 4078), see NJ45SW 21.
(NJ 4276 5080) Linking Keith with Fife-Keith is the 'Auld Brig' built in 1609 AD by T Murray and his wife Janet Lindsay.
Keith Official Guide 1960.
The bridge, 2.8m wide and having a single arch is in good order; it is a pedestrian bridge only. A stone at the apex of the arch, on the upstream side, reads: 'Erected 1609, repaired 1822'.
Visited by OS (EGC) 6 December 1962.
No change
Visited by OS (RL) 4 July 1967.
(Location cited as NJ 427 507). Old Bridge of Keith. Probably 17th century. A small hump-backed rubble bridge, with a single segmental arch.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge is also known as the Auld Brig and Bridge of Grange. It now carries a footpath from Regent Street to the cemetery over the River Isla.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 April 1996.
