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Ceres, High Street, Ceres Burn, Bishop Bridge And Linking Wall To Folk Museum
Road Bridge (17th Century), Wall (17th Century)
Site Name Ceres, High Street, Ceres Burn, Bishop Bridge And Linking Wall To Folk Museum
Classification Road Bridge (17th Century), Wall (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Auld Brig
Canmore ID 33049
Site Number NO41SW 4
NGR NO 40015 11429
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33049
- Council Fife
- Parish Ceres
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO41SW 4 40015 11429
(NO 4001 1143) Bridge (NR)
OS 6" map (1919)
"At the south-east end of Ceres village a small 17th century bridge, locally known as the "Bishop Bridge" after Archbishop Sharp,crosses the stream known as the Craighall or Ceres Burn. It has a single arch with a span of 27ft and a width of 8ft 3ins at the soffit. The roadway which is very steep, has a width of 6ft 4ins between the parapets, and rises to a height of 13ft 6ins above the water-level.
RCAHMS 1933
Bishop Bridge is as described above, and is in a good state of repair.
Visited by OS (DS) 17 October 1956
Above confirmed.
Visited by OS (RDL) 25 May 1964
Field Visit (31 May 1927)
‘Bishop Bridge’.
At the south-east end of Ceres village a small 17th-century bridge, locally known as the ‘Bishop’s Bridge’ after Archbishop Sharp, crosses the stream known as the Craighall or Ceres Burn. It has a single arch with a span of 27 feet and a width of 8 feet 3 inches at the soffit. The road-way, which is very steep, has a width of 6 feet 4 inches between the parapets, and rises to a height of 13 feet 6 inches above the water-level.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 31 May 1927.
Publication Account (2013)
Bishop Brig, a humped packhorse bridge from the 17th Century.
M Watson, 2013
