Tranet, Cockenzie Waggon Way, Gardener's Bridge
Bridge (Post Medieval)
Site Name Tranet, Cockenzie Waggon Way, Gardener's Bridge
Classification Bridge (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 171571
Site Number NT47SW 35.01
NGR NT 4029 7414
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171571
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Tranent
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT47SW 35.01 4029 7414
Also known as Gardener's Bridge, it was situated about 50m SE of the memorial to the Battle of Prestonpans.
Depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Haddingtonshire, 1854, sheet 9), the bridge is annotated as 'Gardener's Bridge' after Colonel Gardener who fought at the Battle.
The bridge was demolished during improvements to the main Edinburgh to London main railway line.
The Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey (ONB) describes the bridge as ' A stone built bridge of one arch over the North British Railway. It was built and is kept in repair by the Railway Company. It was near this place where Colonel Gardener received his fatal wounds at the Battle of Prestonpans' (ONB 1853).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
