Hawick, Auld Brig

NT15SW 8 5020 1441.

(NT 5019 1442) A tablet on the outside wall of the Tower Knowe shop of Messrs. F and A Lawrence, was unveiled 28th May 1952. It reads:- "Near this spot stood the Auld Brig of Hawick, built in the 13th century: Demolished in 1851". The bridge consisted of two semi-circular arches, one large and one small (leading from the High Street to the parish church (NSA 1845)) over the Slitrig, separated by a nine foot central pier which was built into the rocks above normal water level. The bridge was of irregular width, seven feet at the widest, and was thus only suitable for pedestrians and horse traffic.

Trans Hawick Archaeol Soc 1953

The Auld Brig whose site was between Elliots Mill and the King's Cinema, was built in the reign of Alexander II and demolished in 1851 by William Elliot to make way for his mill.

J Edgar 1940

The tablet described by THAS is at NT 5021 1443, and the mill is centred at NT 5020 1441. The exact site of the bridge was not located.

Visited by OS (RD) 8 January 1963.