Dounby, Clapper Bridge
Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dounby, Clapper Bridge
Classification Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Millbridge
Canmore ID 2266
Site Number HY32SW 25
NGR HY 32503 22767
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2266
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY32SW 25 3250 2276
(Location cited as HY 324 228). Clapper Bridge, Millbridge, 18th century. A four-span clapper bridge with drystone rubble piers and triangular cutwaters.
J R Hume 1977.
Publication Account (1977)
(Location cited as HY 324 228). Clapper Bridge, Millbridge, 18th century. A four-span clapper bridge with drystone rubble piers and triangular cutwaters.
J R Hume 1977.
Field Visit (27 July 2010)
This clapper bridge is in a poor state of repair. The flag stone deck of the bridge is some 6.5 m in length and 3.5 m in width. The N side of the deck has collapsed where it rests on the cutwaters. The NW end of the deck has also collapsed with the stone from this is lying in the N channel at the W end. The cutwaters are intact. The waterlevel to the deck on the date of visit was c. 1.25m.
Visited by RCAHMS (MMD and IA), 27 July 2010.
