Fordell Burn
Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Fordell Burn
Classification Bridge (19th Century)
Canmore ID 345608
Site Number NT18SW 408
NGR NT 14816 84995
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/345608
- Council Fife
- Parish Inverkeithing
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
Field Visit (9 September 2014)
This bridge, probably of early 19th century date, carried the southern driveway of Fordell House (NT18NW 16) over the Fordell Burn. It comprises a single span arch measuring 3.8m in width by 2.4m in height, which is faced with dressed voussoirs on each side; the remaining fabric of the bridge is mainly quarried whinstone blocks but the vault is of brick. On the N side of the bridge, E of the main arch, is a smaller arch of the same design. The corresponding arch on the S side is not visible. The decking measures 4.7m in breadth and if the bridge ever had parapet, these have been cast down into the stream bed below.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 9 September 2014.