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Bridge Of Couttie

Road Bridge (18th Century) (1766)

Site Name Bridge Of Couttie

Classification Road Bridge (18th Century) (1766)

Alternative Name(s) River Isla; Couttie Bridge

Canmore ID 30926

Site Number NO24SW 16

NGR NO 21083 40782

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Bendochy
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NO24SW 16 21079 40783

See also linears MR9 and 16, and NO24SW 68.

(Location cited as NO 211 408). Couttie Bridge, built 1766, widened 19th century. A beautiful five-span rubble bridge with segmental arches, widened by dressed-stone arches of larger radius. The two river piers have triangular cutwaters.

J R Hume 1977.

This bridge carries the A923 public road (NMRS MR9 and 16, and NO24SW 68) over the River Isla to the NW of the town of Coupar Angus (NO24SW 49).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 August 2000.

Architecture Notes

NO24SW 16 21079 40783

Date plaque reads "1766".

Information from RCAHMS (AB) 17 May 1999.

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