Clydebank, Duntocher
Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Clydebank, Duntocher
Classification Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Roman Bridge'
Canmore ID 43328
Site Number NS47SE 9
NGR NS 4939 7279
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43328
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS47SE 9 4939 7279.
(NS 4939 7279) Roman Bridge (NAT)
OS 6" map (1914)
This bridge, though reputedly Roman in origin, cannot be as old as that, though the stones of which it is built may have been used by the Romans. It may date from the time of Robert the Bruce (R Stuart 1852). Originally it was 8' wide, but it was widened by 6' in 1772 by Lord Blantyre. The Roman Bridge proper must have been lower down the stream.
J Irving 1860; J Bruce 1893; G Macdonald 1934
This bridge is of entirely modern construction, having been blitzed in 1941, repaired in 1943.
Visited by OS (FDC) 15 August 1951.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
1. Woodrow, Duntocher Bridge. Built by Quintus Lollius.
Print of engraving of bridge illustrates an article on the bridge's history.
Enlarged and improved in 1772 from Roman times.
1834 GD 1/768/32