Larbert, River Carron, 'roman Bridge'
Bridge (Roman)(Possible), Weir (18th Century)
Site Name Larbert, River Carron, 'roman Bridge'
Classification Bridge (Roman)(Possible), Weir (18th Century)
Canmore ID 46994
Site Number NS88SE 9
NGR NS 8559 8199
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46994
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88SE 9 856 820 to 8521 8213
(NS 8521 8213) ROMAN BRIDGE (R) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1942)
In 1773, when the Carron Company were deepening the river bed, the workmen came upon the stone piers of this bridge. No vestiges remain, but the site is well known (see also Linear RR 9a).
Name Book 1858
No remains of a road have been found by excavation or probing immediately N of the river at this point (D M Hunter, Larbert). The stones found by the Carron Company's workmen in 1773, if they really were bridge foundations and of Roman origin, are more likely to have been a quarter of a mile downstream (NS 856 820) where the construction of the Company's weir would have necessitated excavation in the river bed.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1955-9
Field investigation produced no further information.
Visited by OS (FDC) 20 June 1950.
Field Visit (1978)
River Carron, Larbert NS 85 82 NS88SE 9
Stone piers found by Carron Company workmen in 1773, possibly at NS 856 820.
RCAHMS 1978
(Name Book, Stirlingshire, No. 18, 35; RCAHMS 1963, Pp. 112-16, No. 124)
