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Melville Castle, South Driveway, Iron Bridge

Road Bridge (19th Century)

Site Name Melville Castle, South Driveway, Iron Bridge

Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) South Driveway Bridge; River North Esk

Canmore ID 211644

Site Number NT36NW 246

NGR NT 30779 66729

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/211644

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Midlothian
  • Parish Lasswade
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District Midlothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT36NW 246 30779 66729

Not to be confused with ornamental iron footbridge to the E of Melville Castle (at NT 31251 67030), for which see NT36NW 111. [Both these estate bridges are of iron construction].

See also:

NT36NW 74 NT 30922 66894 Coach-house and stables

NT36NW 78.00 NT 31030 66981 Melville Castle

NT36NW 111 NT 31251 67030 Iron Footbridge

FB [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1978.

This bridge carries the South Approach Drive to Melville Castle (NT36NW 78.00) across the River North Esk to the SW of the house. The OS notation of the structure as a footbridge is apparently erroneous.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 April 2006.

Activities

Construction (1840)

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 larger of the two bridges fronts Esk Cottage and has an arched span of 52 ft 8 in. and a width of 10 ft 8 in. Its construction is of four cast-iron ribs 18 in. deep with narrow flanges, braced at intervals and carrying a timber deck. The plain vertical-member handrails have small ornamental cast-iron urns at mid-span and the abutments. The bridge, which may date from ca.1840, is in good repair and carries light vehicles.

R Paxton and J Shipway 2007

Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.

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