Reisgill, Old Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Reisgill, Old Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bridges Of Reisgill; Lybster Bridge; Newtown Of Swiney; Reisgill Burn
Canmore ID 8626
Site Number ND23NW 26
NGR ND 2415 3589
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8626
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23NW 26 24143 35891
Bridges of Reisgill [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1970.
Location formerly entered as ND 2415 3589.
For successor and present bridge (adjacent to S), see ND23NW 104.
(Location cited as ND 242 359). Bridge, near Lybster, c. 1815. A single-span segmental-arched rubble bridge with walled approaches, now by-passed.
J R Hume 1977.
Lybster Bridge was built in 1815 and is now ruinous. It is built on a curve with battered spandrels.
G Nelson 1990.
This bridge carries the former line of the A9 public road over the Reisgill Burn to the NW of Lybster.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 March 2006.
