Allanton, Blackadder Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Allanton, Blackadder Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Blackadder Water; Allanbank Mill Farm
Canmore ID 94678
Site Number NT85SE 33
NGR NT 86391 54510
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/94678
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Edrom
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT85SE 33 86391 54510
Not to be confused with Whiteadder Bridge (NT 86492 54605), for which see NT85SE 29.
Blackadder Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1982.
(Location cited as NT 865 544). Blackadder Bridge, Allanton, built 1851. An attractive 2-span bridge wityh elliptical arches. The arch rings are of dressed stone, as are the piers and quoins of the wing walls. The rest of the masonry is square-dressed rubble. The cutwaters are pointed.
J R Hume 1976.
This bridge carries an unclassified public public road across the Blackadder Water to the W of Allanton village (NT85SE 86) and immediately above its junction with the Whiteadder Water. The location assigned to this record defines the centre of tge structure.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 February 2006.
Photographic Survey (June 1062)
Photographic survey of Whiteadder and Blackadder bridges, Allanton, Berwickshire, by the Socttish National Buildings Record in 1962.
Project (2007)
This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
The smaller Blackadder Bridge nearby, with two elliptical arch spans, was built in 1851.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
