Barbreck House, Barbreck Bridge
Fish Trap (Post Medieval), Road Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Barbreck House, Barbreck Bridge
Classification Fish Trap (Post Medieval), Road Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Barbreck Burn; Barbreck River
Canmore ID 256115
Site Number NM80NW 73
NGR NM 83229 06279
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/256115
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Craignish
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (May 1989)
Some 200m SE of the house its S approach-drive crosses a straight section of the Barbreck River, canalised some time after 1808, by a single-arched bridge of 15m span which incorporates a low flood-arch between the NW abutment. At the crown of the bridge the carriageway is 3.6m wide with parapets 0.45m wide and 0.5m high, and is some 6.5m above water-level. The bridge is constructed of roughly-coursed random-rubble masonry and the parapet has a plain coping incorporating vertically-set slabs. There are traces of a fish trap below the weir on the upstream side of the bridge.
RCAHMS 1992, visited May 1989
