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Dunbeath Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Dunbeath Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunbeath Water; Dunbeath, Old Bridge
Canmore ID 8038
Site Number ND12NE 9
NGR ND 15994 29852
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8038
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12NE 9 15994 29852
For successor and present bridge (to SSE), see ND12NE 40.
(Location cited as ND 160 298). Bridge, Dunbeath, built 1809-13 by engineer Thomas Telford. A single segmental masonry arch.
J R Hume 1977.
Dunbeath Bridge was built in 1813 and is a typical Parliamentary bridge of medium size, having a span of 60ft (18.3m). The arch is low and segmental, and the abutments are slightly battered with dressed voussoirs.
G Nelson 1990.
This bridge carries the former line of the A9 public road over the Dunbeath Water to the W of Dunbeath village (ND12NE 15).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 May 1998.
