Drip Bridge
Ferry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Drip Bridge
Classification Ferry (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ferry Of Drip; River Forth
Canmore ID 46019
Site Number NS79NE 4
NGR NS 770 956
NGR Description NS c. 770 956
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish Kincardine (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NS79NE 4 c. 770 956
For successor bridges, see NS79NE 58 (Old Bridge) and NS79NE 75 (New Bridge).
There is a ferry-boat on the Forth, called the 'ferry of Drip', at the east end of the parish, about a mile from Stirling (Angus Graham, 1724).
W Macfarlane 1906
No further information.
Visited by OS (RD) 19 September 1968.
This ferry crossed the River Forth, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Kincardine (Stirling) to the W and St Ninians (to the E).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 October 1997.
