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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.