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Braco:<br />

Ardoch Bridge Knaik NN 837 099 1430[1724] ‘Wade’ Bridge; single arch in rubble.<br />

Doune,<br />

Brig o’ Teith<br />

Teith NN 722 013 1535 Widened 1866. Still main road.<br />

Auld Bridge Ardoch NN 730 014 1735 Single rubble arch.<br />

Inscription reads ‘Built upon <strong>the</strong> publick expense of <strong>the</strong> Shire AD 1735’<br />

Burn o’ Cambus Annet NN 706 030 1690 Only part survives.<br />

Keltie Bridge Keltie NN 648 068 1690 Narrow old stone bridge.<br />

Bracklinn Bridge Keltie NN 645 084 Literary associations with Scott;<br />

footbridge.<br />

Call<strong>and</strong>er Brig Teith NN 627 078 1908 Concrete with stone facings;<br />

Gartchonzie Eas NN 605 071 1779<br />

replaced Old Brig of 1764,<br />

Built, like Kilmahog, from annexed<br />

Gobhain estates.<br />

Brig o’ Turk Turk NN 530 065 1932 C18 bridge re-built.<br />

Brig o’ Michael Blackwater NN 532 063 C18 Old stone bridge; single arch.<br />

Kilmahog Leny NN 607 082 1777 So-called ‘Roman Bridge’; plaque.<br />

Strathyre<br />

Balquhidder;<br />

Balvaig NN 560 171 C18 Two arches.<br />

Stronvar Balvaig NN 535 205 C18 Four arches; rubble.<br />

Calair Calair<br />

Burn<br />

NN 536 203 C18 Two arches; rubble.<br />

Illustrations<br />

Bridges of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Forth</strong> 147<br />

The following is a small selection. Ano<strong>the</strong>r of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Forth</strong> Rail Bridge is on <strong>the</strong><br />

back cover of this journal. Figure 1 illustrates <strong>the</strong> contrasting designs of <strong>the</strong> rail<br />

<strong>and</strong> road bridges as discussed early in <strong>the</strong> text, <strong>the</strong> apparent elegance of <strong>the</strong><br />

road, <strong>the</strong> striking massiveness of <strong>the</strong> rail.

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