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Strachur House Policies, Betty Jenkins's Bridge
Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Strachur House Policies, Betty Jenkins's Bridge
Classification Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Strachur Bridge; Strachur Park, Bridge; Eas Dubh
Canmore ID 157026
Site Number NN00SE 35.05
NGR NN 09331 01788
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/157026
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Strachur
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN00SE 35.05 09331 01788
This bridge carries an estate track over the Eas Dubh.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 April 2000.
Field Visit (July 1987)
BRIDGE. This bridge, locally known as 'Betty Jenkins's Bridge', spans the Eas Dubh by a segmental arch 7.8m in span and has a roadway 4m wide within 0.4m parapets. Its overall length, including the curved approaches, is about 24m. The masonry is of rubble except for the square mouldings of red sandstone forming a circle 1.25m in diameter on each of the 1.8m wide abutment-piers. On each side, above the crown of the arch, there is an uninscribed sandstone tablet with a base-course carried on two moulded corbels.
RCAHMS 1992, visited July 1987
Measured Survey (11 July 1988)
RCAHMS surveyed Betty Jenkins’s Bridge, Strachur House Policies on 11 July 1988 producing a west elevation and plan at a scale of 1:100. The elevation and plan were redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1992, 364D).
