Cardross Bridge
Road Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Cardross Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Forth; Dykehead; Hilton; Parks Of Garden
Canmore ID 44625
Site Number NS59NE 9
NGR NS 59884 97272
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44625
- Council Stirling
- Parish Kippen
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS59NE 9 59884 97272
Cardross Bridge [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, August 2011.
Built 1774.
RCAHMS 1963, visited May 1959.
(Location cited as NS 599 972). Cardross Bridge, built 1774. A three-span rubble bridge with segmental arches and triangular cutwaters. Partly financed by a grant from the Annexed Estates.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carries the B8034 public road over the River Forth, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Kippen (to the SE) and Port of Menteith (to the NW).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 January 1998.
(Former Index No. 2563). Descheduled.
Information from Historic Scotland, Certificate of Exclusion from Schedule dated 19 July 2011.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Record Office
Cardross. Building of a Bridge over the Forth at Cardross. Receipt for 21 [pounds] as the Duke of Montrose's subscription to the work.
1771 GD 220/6/1479/11
(Undated) information in NMRS.
