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Shennanton Bridge

Road Bridge (19th Century)

Site Name Shennanton Bridge

Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) River Bladnoch; Shennanton, New Bridge

Canmore ID 62965

Site Number NX36SW 14

NGR NX 34334 63197

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62965

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkcowan
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Wigtownshire

Archaeology Notes

NX36SW 14 34334 63197

For (predecessor) Old Bridge (NX 3435 6324), see NX36SW 27.

For present (Trunk Road) bridge (NX 34271 62976), see NX36SW 78.

Shennanton Bridge (New) [NAT]

OS GIS epoch 3.

This bridge carries the former line of the A75 (T) public road across the River Bladnoch, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Penninghame (to the W) and Kirkcowan (to the E).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 November 1997.

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