Ruthven, Old Bridge
Road Bridge (17th Century)
Site Name Ruthven, Old Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bridgend Of Ruthven; River Isla
Canmore ID 30731
Site Number NO24NE 5
NGR NO 28945 48894
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30731
- Council Angus
- Parish Ruthven
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO24NE 5 28945 48894.
(NO 2894 4889) Bridge of Ruthven (NAT)
OS 6" map (1959)
Ruthven Old Bridge over the River Isla, now disused and in bad condition, has two semi-circular arches with a central cut-water carried up to refuges. It is 10' wide and has no parapets. The bridge dates to the 17th. century or earlier.
SDD List; OSA 1794
As described.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 23 September 1970
For Ruthven New Bridge see NO24NE 89
An old rubble-built road bridge over the River Isla, said to be of 17th century origin or earlier. Its deck, which has no parapets, is approximately 3.0m wide, and is supported by two semi-circular arches between which there is a central cutwater. It was by-passed by the building of an adjacent new bridge in 1855, and at the time of survey in 2002, the bridge was inaccessible and in a very dangerous condition.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), February 2002.
Photographic Survey (May 1963)
Photographic survey of Ruthven Old Bridge, Angus, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1963.
Publication Account (2013)
17th century pack horse bridge, two arches bypassed since 1855, now missing parapets and in a dangerous condition.
M Watson, 2013
