Taymouth Castle, Newhall Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Taymouth Castle, Newhall Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Taymouth Castle Policies; River Tay
Canmore ID 24958
Site Number NN74NE 14.06
NGR NN 78926 46925
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24958
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dull
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN74NE 14.06 78926 46925
(Location cited as NN 789 469). Newhall Bridge, Taymouth Castle. A three-span wrought-iron bridge with arched spans. The wooden roadway (now narrowed ro a footpath) is carried on the tops of the arches. There is a light lattice-girder railing.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carries the approach to Newhall steading (NN74NE 14.07) over the River Tay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 March 1998.
Stone with wrought-iron lattice arches 2-arch over S section rubble walled section with decking on girders over small island, 1-arch N section, before 1842. Decking very dilapidated.
Gillies records Queen Victoria entered the grounds by this bridge 1842. (Historic Scotland)
Photographic Survey (June 1965)
Photographs of buildings on Taymouth Castle estate, Perthshire, including lodges, bridges and Newhall farmstead and bridge, by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Works in June 1965.
