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146 Louis Stott<br />

Brig o’ Frew <strong>Forth</strong> NS 667 961 1964[?] ‘Fords of Frew’– associations with<br />

(<strong>Forth</strong>) (cont.) Rob Roy, Prince Charlie; old bridge<br />

like Drip,<br />

(Boquhan) NS 668 958 C18 Stone; three arches.<br />

Bailie Bow’s Bridge NS 652 922 C19 Rubble; elaborate estate bridge on<br />

Boquhan Burn.<br />

Ne<strong>the</strong>rton Bridge NS 661 986 1827 Henry Home Drummond; on Goodie<br />

Water.<br />

Poldar Bridge NS 625 966 1882 Lattice girder; Walter Paul of Killearn.<br />

Cardross NS 598 972 1774 Three stone arches; inscription.<br />

Fl<strong>and</strong>ers Moss<br />

Railway Bridge<br />

Gartmore,<br />

NS 543 980 1881 Now dismantled.<br />

Brig o’ <strong>Forth</strong> NS 533 988 C19 Two-span rubble bridge with<br />

Aberfoyle,<br />

Brig o’ <strong>Forth</strong><br />

NN 520 009 C18<br />

segmental arches of unequal size;<br />

replaced Gartartan Ferry; 1810-20.<br />

Literary <strong>and</strong> historical associations.<br />

Milton NT 503 013 C19 Rubble arch.<br />

Teapot Bridge NN 439 032 C18 Markedly hump-backed ‘Wade’<br />

bridge; on Allt Tairbh, headwater of<br />

<strong>Forth</strong>.<br />

Table 2. Some Notable Bridges over <strong>the</strong> Tributaries of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Forth</strong><br />

Bridge River Map Ref Date Details<br />

Old Bridge<br />

of Devon<br />

Devon NS 847 952 C16 Three-arched bridge. Robert Spittal.<br />

Downies NS 847 952 1926 Steel lattice girder.<br />

Miller NS 847 952 1949 A907 ‘improvement’ concrete.<br />

Tullibody NS 857 959 C18 Two arched stone bridge.<br />

Vicar’s Bridge<br />

Rumbling Bridge:<br />

NS 986 980 Modern girder bridge on site of C16<br />

bridge gifted by Thos Forrest.<br />

Old Brig NT 017 995 1713 William Grey, of Saline;<br />

12’wide, 22’span; 86’ above water.<br />

New Brig<br />

Bannockburn:<br />

1816 Built on same site; 120’ above water.<br />

New Brig NS 809 904 1819 Telford. Unique arched.<br />

Old Brig Bannock NS 807 904 1871 Built by Robert Spittal (1516); single<br />

semental arch [33’10”], coursed ashlar.<br />

Chartershall Bannock NS 792 902 1747 Single rubble arch [26’8”].<br />

Bridge of Allan Allan NS 788 976 1842 Widened <strong>and</strong> extended, replaced by<br />

new, opened 1960.<br />

Old Bridge NS 788 976 1520 Restored 1695.<br />

Dunblane NN 782 010 1409 Very old, much altered, still in use.<br />

‘Fairy Bridge’<br />

Kinbuck:<br />

NN Footbridge, above Ca<strong>the</strong>dral<br />

Dunblane.<br />

Cromlix Bridge NN 791 054 1752 Two-span rubble bridge with segmental<br />

arches.

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