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Aberdeenshire Canal, Inverurie, Port Elphinstone, Sluice Bridges
Sluice(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeenshire Canal, Inverurie, Port Elphinstone, Sluice Bridges
Classification Sluice(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen-inverurie Canal, Canal Road, Old Sluice Bridges
Canmore ID 81560
Site Number NJ72SE 123.05
NGR NJ 77808 20382
NGR Description NJ 77808 20382 and NJ 77815 20407
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81560
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire Canal, Canal Road, 1796/1805, John Rennie. Bridges over the intake sluices for the Aberdeenshire Canal: the larger segmental arch has the remains of sluices, another has iron-plated voussoirs.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ72SE 123.01 77808 20382 and 77815 20407
These sluice bridges are not visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet liv), surveyed after the canal was closed in 1854.
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 15 May 2002.
