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The '''Eglinton Tournament Bridge''' is a [[bridge]] located within [[Eglinton Country Park]] near [[Kilwinning]], [[North Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. The bridge crosses the [[Lugton Water]] a short distance northwest of [[Eglinton Castle]] (OS ref: {{oscoor|NS32064224|NS32064224}}) and was named after the [[Eglinton Tournament of 1839]]. The castle and surrounding grounds were once home to the Montgomerie family, [[Earl of Eglinton|Earls of Eglinton]] and chiefs of the [[Clan Montgomery]].


== History ==
The '''Academy Award for Animated Short Film''' is an award which has been given by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] as part of the [[Academy Awards]] every year since the [[5th Academy Awards]], covering the year 1931-32, to the present.
{{See also|Eglinton Castle}}
This category was known as "Short Subjects, Cartoons" from 1932 until 1970, and as "Short Subjects, Animated Films" from 1971 to 1973. The present title began with the 1974 awards. In the listings below, the title shown in boldface was the winner of the award, followed by the other nominees for that year. This category is notable for giving [[Walt Disney]] 12 of his 22 Academy Awards, including his posthumous 1968 award, and also 10 of the first 12 awards awarded in the category.


====The Tournament Bridges====
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The surviving Tournament Bridge was built to provide an appropriate crossing point to gain access to the far side of the [[Lugton Water]]. [[Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton|Archibald Montgomerie]], the 13th [[Earl of Eglinton]] had the bridge built in a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style, using cast iron for the arches, pinnacles, etc. and stone for the two pairs of miniature ornamental towers at either end. These towers have subtle design differences (See photographs) which are significant in the context of the extended history of the bridge. This 'Tournament' bridge was designed by the architect [[David Hamilton (architect)|David Hamilton]]. The bridge's cast iron [[parapet]] is a repetition of the pointed Gothic arch design of the castle, surmounted by a battlement, and relieved in the centre with foliated [[pinnacle]]s.<ref name="Millar">Millar, A. H. (1885). ''The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire.' Reprinted by The Grimsay Press (2004). ISBN 1-84530-019x. P. 74.</ref> The Tournament Bridge is B listed by [[Historic Scotland]].<ref name="Historic">[http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/gardens_search_more_info.htm?s=eglinton+castle&r=Glasgow%2c+Clyde+and+Ayrshire&bool=1&PageID=2374&more_info=Site Historic gardens]</ref>
==1930s==
''As '''Short Subjects (Cartoons)'''''


[[Image:Eglinton Tournament Bridge and procession in 1839.jpg|left|thumb|<Center>The original Tournament Bridge and the procession in 1839. Note the three cast iron arches, crossed finials, pinnacles, and the taller, broader towers, etc. characteristic of that bridge.<ref name="Aikman">Aikman, James (1839). ''An account of the tournament at Eglinton, revised and corrected by several of the knights : with a biographical notice of the Eglinton family to which is prefixed a sketch of chivalry and of the most remarkable Scottish tournaments.'' Pub. Edinburgh : H. Paton, Carver and Gilder. Facing P. 4.</ref>]]
*'''[[1931]]-[[1932]] ([[5th Academy Awards|5th]]) ''[[Flowers and Trees]]''''' - [[Walt Disney Productions]], [[United Artists]] - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Mickey's Orphans]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[It's Got Me Again!]]'' - [[Leon Schlesinger Productions]], [[Warner Bros.]] - [[Leon Schlesinger]], producer
*'''[[1932]]-[[1933]] ([[6th Academy Awards|6th]]) ''[[Three Little Pigs (film)|Three Little Pigs]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Building a Building]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[The Merry Old Soul]]'' - [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] - [[Walter Lantz]], producer
*'''[[1934]] ([[7th Academy Awards|7th]]) - ''[[The Tortoise and the Hare (film)|The Tortoise and the Hare]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Holiday Land]]'' - [[Screen Gems]], [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] - [[Charles Mintz]], producer
**''[[Jolly Little Elves]]'' - Universal - [[Walter Lantz]], producer
*'''[[1935]] ([[8th Academy Awards|8th]]) ''[[Three Orphan Kittens]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[The Calico Dragon]]'' - [[Harman-Ising Pictures|Harman-Ising]], [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] - [[Hugh Harman]] & [[Rudolf Ising]], producers
**''[[Who Killed Cock Robin? (film)|Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - [[Walt Disney]], producer
*'''[[1936]] ([[9th Academy Awards|9th]]) ''[[The Country Cousin]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Old Mill Pond]]'' - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Hugh Harman]] & [[Rudolf Ising]], producers
**''[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor]]'' - [[Fleischer Studios]], [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] - [[Max Fleischer]], producer
*'''[[1937]] ([[10th Academy Awards|10th]]) ''[[The Old Mill]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, [[RKO Radio Pictures|RKO Radio]] - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Educated Fish]]'' - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - [[Max Fleischer]], producer
**''[[The Little Match Girl#Adaptations|The Little Match Girl]]'' - Screen Gems, Columbia - [[Charles Mintz]], producer
*'''[[1938]] ([[11th Academy Awards|11th]]) ''[[The Story of Ferdinand|Ferdinand the Bull]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Brave Little Tailor]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Mother Goose Goes Hollywood]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Good Scouts]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Hunky and Spunky]]'' - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - [[Max Fleischer]], producer
*'''[[1939]] ([[12th Academy Awards|12th]]) ''[[The Ugly Duckling#Adaptations|The Ugly Duckling]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Detouring America]]'' - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - [[Leon Schlesinger]], producer
**''[[Peace on Earth (1939 cartoon)|Peace on Earth]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]] & [[Hugh Harman]], producers
**''[[The Pointer]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer


[[Image:A map of the Eglinton Tournament features.jpg|right|thumb|<Center>A map showing the layout of the various features associated with the Eglinton Tournament. Note the lakes either side of the bridge<ref name="Tait">Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. November 1839.</ref>, formed around 1800.<ref name="Stoddart">Stoddart, John (1801). ''Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners in Scotland during the years 1799 and 1800.'' Pub. William Miller, London. P. 313.</ref>]]
==1940s==
*'''[[1940]] ([[13th Academy Awards|13th]]) ''[[The Milky Way (1940 film)|The Milky Way]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]] & [[Rudolph Ising]], producers
**''[[Puss Gets the Boot]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]] & [[Rudolph Ising]], producers
**''[[A Wild Hare]]'' - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - [[Leon Schlesinger]], producer
*'''[[1941]] ([[14th Academy Awards|14th]]) ''[[Lend a Paw]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B]]'' - [[Walter Lantz Productions]], Universal - [[Walter Lantz]], producer
**''[[Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt]]'' - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - [[Leon Schlesinger]], producer
**''[[How War Came]]'' - Screen Gems, Columbia - [[George Winkler]], producer
**''[[The Night Before Christmas (Tom and Jerry)|The Night Before Christmas]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[Rhapsody in Rivets]]'' - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - [[Leon Schlesinger]], producer
**''[[The Rookie Bear]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]] & [[Rudolph Ising]], producers
**''[[Rhythm in the Ranks]]'' - Paramount - [[George Pál]]
**''[[Superman (animated short)|Superman]]'' - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - [[Max Fleischer]], producer
**''[[Truant Officer Donald]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
*'''[[1942]] ([[15th Academy Awards|15th]]) ''[[Der Fuehrer's Face]]''''' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[All Out for 'V']]'' - [[Terrytoons]], [[20th Century Fox]] - [[Paul Terry (cartoonist)|Paul Terry]], producer
**''[[Blitz Wolf]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[Juke Box Jamboree]]'' - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - [[Walter Lantz]], producer
**''[[Pigs in a Polka]]'' - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - [[Leon Schlesinger]], producer
**''[[Tulips Shall Grow]]'' - Paramount - [[George Pál]]
*'''[[1943]] ([[16th Academy Awards|16th]]) ''[[The Yankee Doodle Mouse]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[The Dizzy Acrobat]]'' - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - [[Walter Lantz]], producer
**''[[Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins]]'' - Paramount - [[George Pál]]
**''[[Greetings, Bait]]'' - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - [[Leon Schlesinger]], producer
**''[[Imagination (1943 cartoon)|Imagination]]'' - Screen Gems, Columbia - [[Dave Fleischer]], producer
**''[[Reason and Emotion]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
*'''[[1944]] ([[17th Academy Awards|17th]]) ''[[Mouse Trouble]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street]]'' - Paramount - [[George Pál]]
**''[[Dog, Cat and Canary]]'' - Screen Gems, Columbia - [[Raymond Katz]], producer
**''[[Fish Fry]]'' - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - [[Walter Lantz]], producer
**''[[How to Play Football]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[My Boy, Johnny]]'' - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - [[Paul Terry (cartoonist)|Paul Terry]], producer
**''[[Swooner Crooner]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]], producer
*'''[[1945]] ([[18th Academy Awards|18th]]) ''[[Quiet Please!]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[Donald's Crime]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Jasper and the Beanstalk]]'' - Paramount - [[George Pál]]
**''[[Life with Feathers]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]], producer
**''[[Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life]]'' - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - [[Paul Terry (cartoonist)|Paul Terry]], producer
**''[[The Poet and Peasant]]'' - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - [[Walter Lantz]], producer
**''[[Rippling Romance]]'' - Screen Gems, Columbia - [[Raymond Katz]], producer
*'''[[1946]] ([[19th Academy Awards|19th]]) ''[[The Cat Concerto]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[Musical Moments from Chopin]]'' - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - [[Walter Lantz]], producer
**''[[John Henry and the Inky-Poo]]'' - Paramount - [[George Pál]]
**''[[Squatter's Rights (1946 cartoon)|Squatter's Rights]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Walky Talky Hawky]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]], producer
**''[[Rhapsody Rabbit]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Friz Freleng]], director
*'''[[1947]] ([[20th Academy Awards|20th]]) ''[[Tweetie Pie]]''''' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]], producer
**''[[Chip an%27 Dale#List of Chip .27n.27 Dale Shorts|Chip an' Dale]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[Pluto's Blue Note]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Tubby the Tuba (1947 film)|Tubby the Tuba]]'' - Paramount - [[George Pál]]
*'''[[1948]] ([[21st Academy Awards|21st]]) ''[[The Little Orphan]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[Mickey and the Seal]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
**''[[Mouse Wreckers]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]], producer
**''[[Robin Hoodlum (1948 cartoon)|Robin Hoodlum]]'' - [[United Productions of America|UPA]], Columbia - [[John Hubley]] & [[Raymond Katz]], producers
**''[[Tea for Two Hundred]]''- Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer
*'''[[1949]] ([[22nd Academy Awards|22nd]]) ''[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]''''' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]], producer
**''[[Hatch Up Your Troubles]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Fred Quimby]], producer
**''[[Magic Fluke]]'' - UPA, Columbia - [[Stephen Bosustow]], producer
**''[[Toy Tinkers]]'' - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]], producer


The [[1839]] Eglinton Tournament was held on a meadow or holm at a loop in the Lugton Water. Most of the holm no longer exists, the excavations in this area having provided gravel and sand for the construction of the Kilwinning bypass and leaving behind an excavation pit which is now known as Eglinton Loch. The Knights on horseback and their retinue reached the [[Tiltyard|tilt yard]] ('C' on the map) via an enclosed ride ('G' on the map), whilst the guests and visitors made their way to the stands via the route marked 'F' on the map illustrated. Both groups crossed over the previous three arched Gothic bridge. A map of 1837 of ''Eglinton Castle, Grounds and Tilt yard'' of 1837 shows that the tilt yard was already in extistence at this early date, but it is not recorded what its fate was after the tournament was over.<ref name="Anstruther">Anstruther, Ian (1986). ''The Knight and the Umbrella. An Account of the Eglinton Tournament 1839''. Pub. Alan Sutton. Gloucester. ISBN 0-86299-302-4. P. III.</ref>
==1950s==
*'''[[1950]] ([[23rd Academy Awards|23rd]]) ''[[Gerald McBoing-Boing]]''''' - United Productions of America, Columbia (Jolly Frolics Series) - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
**''[[Jerry's Cousin]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Tom & Jerry) - [[Frederic C. Quimby]]
**''[[Trouble Indemnity]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia (Mr. Magoo Series) - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
*'''[[1951]] ([[24th Academy Awards|24th]]) ''[[The Two Mouseketeers]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Tom & Jerry) - [[Frederic C. Quimby]]
**''[[Lambert the Sheepish Lion]]'' - Walt Disney, RKO Radio (Special) - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[Rooty Toot Toot]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia (Jolly Frolics) - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
*'''[[1952]] ([[25th Academy Awards|25th]]) ''[[Johann Mouse]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Tom & Jerry) - [[Frederic C. Quimby]]
**''[[Little Johnny Jet]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM Series) - [[Frederic C. Quimby]]
**''[[Madeline#Madeline on the silver screen|Madeline]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia (Jolly Frolics Series) - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
**''[[Pink and Blue Blues]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia (Mr. Magoo Series) - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
**''[[Romance of Transportation]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] (Canadian) - [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]]
*'''[[1953]] ([[26th Academy Awards|26th]]) ''[[Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom]]''''' - Disney, Buena Vista (Special Music Series) - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[Christopher Crumpet]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia (Jolly Frolics Series) - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
**''[[From A to Z-z-z-z]]'' - Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes) - [[Edward Selzer]]
**''[[Rugged Bear]]'' - Walt Disney, RKO Radio (Donald Duck) - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[The Tell-Tale Heart (cartoon)|The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia (UPA Cartoon Special) - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
*'''[[1954]] ([[27th Academy Awards|27th]]) ''[[When Magoo Flew]]''''' - United Productions of America, Columbia - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
**''[[Crazy Mixed Up Pup]]'' - Lantz, Universal-International - [[Walter Lantz]]
**''[[Pigs Is Pigs (1954 film)|Pigs Is Pigs]]'' - Disney, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[Sandy Claws]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]]
**''[[Touché, Pussy Cat!]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Frederic C. Quimby]]
*'''[[1955]] ([[28th Academy Awards|28th]]) ''[[Speedy Gonzales (short)|Speedy Gonzales]]''''' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]]
**''[[Good Will to Men]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Frederic C. Quimby]], [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]]
**''[[The Legend of Rockabye Point]]'' - Lantz, Universal-International - [[Walter Lantz]]
**''[[No Hunting]]'' - Disney, RKO Radio - [[Walt Disney]]
*'''[[1956]] ([[29th Academy Awards|29th]]) ''[[Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper]]''''' - United Productions of America, Columbia - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
**''[[Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
**''[[The Jaywalker]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
*'''[[1957]] ([[30th Academy Awards|30th]]) ''[[Birds Anonymous]]''''' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]]
**''[[One Droopy Knight]]'' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]]
**''[[Tabasco Road]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Edward Selzer]]
**''[[Trees and Jamaica Daddy]]'' - United Productions of America, Columbia - [[Stephen Bosustow]]
**''[[The Truth About Mother Goose]]'' - Disney, Buena Vista - [[Walt Disney]]
*'''[[1958]] ([[31st Academy Awards|31st]]) ''[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]''''' - Warner Bros. - [[Friz Freleng]]
**''[[Paul Bunyan (cartoon)|Paul Bunyan]]'' - Walt Disney Prods., Buena Vista Film Distribution - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[Sidney's Family Tree]]'' - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - [[William M. Weiss]]
*'''[[1959]] ([[32nd Academy Awards|32nd]]) ''[[Moonbird]]''''' - Storyboard-Harrison - [[John Hubley]] and [[Faith Hubley|Faith Elliott Hubley]]
**''[[Mexicali Shmoes]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[John W. Burton]]
**''[[Noah's Ark (cartoon)|Noah's Ark]]'' - Disney, Buena Vista - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[The Violinist]]'' - Pintoff Prods., Kingsley International - [[Ernest Pintoff]]


[[Image:Eglinton Castle & Tournament Bridge 1884.jpg|thumb|left|<center>The castle and Tournament Bridge in 1884.]]
==1960s==
*'''[[1960]] ([[33rd Academy Awards|33rd]]) ''[[Munro (film)|Munro]]''''' - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - [[William L. Snyder]]
**''[[Goliath II]]'' - Disney, Buena Vista - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[High Note]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Chuck Jones]]
**''[[Mouse and Garden]]'' - Warner Bros.
**''[[A Place in the Sun (short)]]'' - George K. Arthur-Go Pictures (Czechoslovakian) - [[Frantisek Vystrecil]]
*'''[[1961]] ([[34th Academy Awards|34th]]) ''[[Ersatz (The Substitute)]]''''' - [[Zagreb Film]], Herts-Lion International Corp.
**''[[Aquamania]]'' - Disney, Buena Vista - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[Beep Prepared]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Chuck Jones]]
**''[[Nelly's Folly]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Chuck Jones]]
**''[[The Pied Piper of Guadalupe]]'' - Warner Bros. - [[Friz Freleng]]
*'''[[1962]] ([[35th Academy Awards|35th]]) ''[[The Hole (1962 film)|The Hole]]''''' - Storyboard Inc., Brandon Films - [[John Hubley]] and [[Faith Hubley]]
**''[[Icarus Montgolfier Wright]]'' - Format Films, United Artists - [[Jules Engel]]
**''[[Now Hear This (film)|Now Hear This]]'' - Warner Bros.
**''[[Self Defense ... for Cowards]]'' - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - [[William L. Snyder]]
**''[[Symposium on Popular Songs]]'' - Disney, Buena Vista - [[Walt Disney]]
*'''[[1963]] ([[36th Academy Awards|36th]]) ''[[The Critic (cartoon)|The Critic]]''''' - Pintoff-Crossbow Prods., Columbia - [[Ernest Pintoff]]
**''[[Automania 2000]]'' - Pathé Contemporary Films - [[John Halas]]
**''[[The Game (cartoon)|The Game]]'' (''Igra'') - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - [[Dusan Vukotic|Dušan Vukotić]]
**''[[My Financial Career]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]], Walter Reade-Sterling-Continental Distributing - [[Gerald Potterton]]
**''[[Dynamics (music)|Pianissimo]]'' - Cinema 16 - [[Carmen D'Avino]]
*'''[[1964]] ([[37th Academy Awards|37th]]) ''[[The Pink Phink]]''''' - Mirisch-Geoffrey, United Artists - [[David H. DePatie]] and [[Friz Freleng]]
**''[[Christmas Cracker (film)|Christmas Cracker]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]], Favorite Films of California - [[Norman McLaren]], [[Jeff Hale]], [[Gerald Potterton]] and [[Grant Munro (filmmaker)|Grant Munro]]
**''[[How to Avoid Friendship]]'' - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - [[William L. Snyder]]
**''[[Nudnik No. 2]]'' - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - [[William L. Snyder]]
*'''[[1965]] ([[38th Academy Awards|38th]]) ''[[The Dot and the Line]]''''' - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - [[Chuck Jones]] and Les Goldman
**''[[Clay or the Origin of Species]]'' - Harvard University, Pathé Contemporary Films - [[Eliot Noyes, Jr.]]
**''[[The Thieving Magpie (short)|The Thieving Magpie]]'' (''La Gazza Ladra'') - Allied Artists - [[Emanuele Luzzati]]
*'''[[1966]] ([[39th Academy Awards|39th]]) ''[[Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature]]''''' - Paramount - [[John Hubley]] and [[Faith Hubley]]
**''[[The Drag (short)|The Drag]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]], Favorite Films - [[Carlos Marchiori]]
**''[[The Pink Blueprint]]'' - Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng, United Artists - [[David H. DePatie]] and [[Friz Freleng]]
*'''[[1967]] ([[40th Academy Awards|40th]]) ''[[The Box (short)]]''''' - Brandon Films - [[Fred Wolf]]
**''[[Hypothese Beta]]'' - Films Orzeaux, Pathé Contemporary Films - [[Jean-Charles Meunier]]
**''[[What on Earth!]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]], Columbia - [[Les Drew]] and [[Kaj Pindal]]
*'''[[1968]] ([[41st Academy Awards|41st]]) ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]''''' - Disney, Buena Vista - [[Walt Disney]]
**''[[The House That Jack Built (short)|The House That Jack Built]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]], Columbia - [[Ron Tunis]]
**''[[The Magic Pear Tree]]'' - Bing Crosby Prods. - [[Jimmy Murakami]]
**''[[Windy Day]]'' - Hubley Studios, Paramount - [[John Hubley]] and [[Faith Hubley]]
*'''[[1969]] ([[42nd Academy Awards|42nd]]) ''[[It's Tough to Be a Bird]]''''' - Disney, Buena Vista - [[Ward Kimball]]
**''[[Of Men and Demons]]'' - Hubley Studios, Paramount - [[John Hubley]] and [[Faith Hubley]]
**''[[Walking (cartoon)|Walking]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]], Columbia - [[Ryan Larkin]]


The 'new' Tournament Bridge served as a well used route across the Lugton Water, running through the deer park to the Eglinton kennels (previously Laigh Moncur), especially on days when the Eglinton Hunt met at the castle itself.
==1970s==
[[Image:Eglinton Tournament Bridges compared.jpg|right|thumb|<Center>The 'old' Tournament Bridge converted artificially to two arches, etc for comparison.]]
*'''[[1970]] ([[43rd Academy Awards|43rd]]) ''[[Is It Always Right to Be Right?]]''''' - Stephen Bosustow Prods., Schoenfeld Films - [[Nick Bosustow]]
The original bridge, also with two miniature towers, but with three arches and four pinnacles, stood roughly 100 yards further up the river towards the castle,<ref name="Ness3">Ness, J. A. (1969 - 70). Landmarks of Kilwynnyng. Privately produced. P. 29.</Ref> as shown in several contemporary prints and maps as illustrated in the appropriate gallery of this article.<ref name="Aitkenmap">Aitken, Robert (1829). ''The Parish Atlas of Ayrshire - Cunninghame.'' Pub. W. Ballantine. Edinburgh.</ref> It was this bridge that was used at the Eglinton Tournament as can be seen from the illustrations of the event, however the name was passed on to the 'new' bridge constructed downstream of it. No clear sign of this three arched bridge remains, a weir having been built at its old position; the 'old' bridge was constructed in 1811<ref name="Close">Close, Rob (1992), ''Ayrshire Buildings.'' Royal Incorporated Architects of Scotland. ISBN 1873-190-069. P. 64.</ref><ref name="Ayrshire Roots">[http://www.ayrshireroots.co.uk/Towns/Kilwinning/Kilwinning%20Historical%20Timeline.htm Ayrshire Roots]</ref>, therefore around the time of the 'new' castle being built in 1801/2 and also when the grounds were being laid out by Tweedie.
**''[[The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two]]'' - Haboush Company, Goldstone Films - [[Robert Mitchell (animator)|Robert Mitchell]] and [[Dale Case]]
**''[[The Shepherd (short)|The Shepherd]]'' - Cameron Guess and Associates, Brandon Films - [[Cameron Guess]]


Surviving architects drawings show the designs for a three arched bridge and as stated, contemporary prints of the Eglinton Tournament also show a three arched Tournament bridge, with cast iron arches, pinnacles and parapets which may have been re-used in the later 'new' bridge which survives today.
Name of award changed to '''Short Subjects (Animated Films)'''


The point at which the 'old' bridge crossed the Lugton was 102 feet broad and 100 yards downriver from the castle.<ref name="Aiton2">Aiton, William (1811). Extract from the General View of the Agriculture of Ayr.</ref> It had the Montgomerie coat of arms in the centre. Aiton describes it as being under construction in 1811.<ref name="Aiton">Aiton, William (1811). Extract from the General View of the Agriculture of Ayr.</ref> The miniature castle towers on the demolished bridge are shown as each being surmounted by a double cross, but these do not figure on the 'new' Tournament Bridge; the 'old' bridge therefore may have been specially embellished for the tournament with temporary additions.
*'''[[1971]] ([[44th Academy Awards|44th]]) ''[[The Crunch Bird]]''''' - Maxwell-Petok-Petrovich Prods., Regency Films - [[Ted Petok]]
[[Image:Rebuilt Tournament Bridge.jpg|left|thumb|<Center>A view of the Tournament Bridge at its 'new' site. The level of the weir was lower at this time and was raised at a later date using randomly chosen stones to raise the water level.<ref name="NAC5">North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008</ref>]]
**''[[Evolution (1971 film)|Evolution]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]], Columbia - [[Michael Mills]]
[[Image:Lord of the Tournament & his esquires & retainers.JPG|right|thumb|<center>The Lord of the Tournament (Earl of Eglinton) and his esquires and retainers crossing the bridge.<ref name="Hodgson">''The Eglinton Tournament.'' Pub. Hodgson & Graves. London. 1840. P. 6.</ref>]]
**''[[The Selfish Giant#Selfish Giant|The Selfish Giant]]'' - Potterton Prods., Pyramid Films - [[Peter Sander]] and [[Murray Shostak]]
A local minister, the Rev. Lee Ker, confirms which bridge was used at the tournament by relating in his book on [[Kilwinning]] that the tournament procession passed over the Water of Lugton by ''what is now called the Tournament Bridge, but which was then situated about 100 yards nearer the Castle and had three arches instead of two.''<ref name="Ker">Ker, Rev William Lee (1900). ''Kilwinning'' Pub. A. W. Cross, Kilwinning. P. 326.</ref> This distance coincides with a weir today and an old path from the castle leads directly to it. Dane Love states that the bridge used by the tournament had been built by the 12th Earl in 1811.<ref name="Love">Love, Dane (2003). ''Ayrshire: Discovering a County.'' Pub. Fort. Ayr. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9. P. 54.</ref> In contemporary reports of the tournament no special mention of the bridge is made, suggesting that it was already a well established feature of the estate by that time and not an extravagant new feature specially built for the event.
*'''[[1972]] ([[45th Academy Awards|45th]]) ''[[A Christmas Carol (1971 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''''' American Broadcasting Company Film Services - [[Richard Williams]]
**''[[Kama Sutra Rides Again]]'' - Lion International Films - [[Bob Godfrey]]
**''[[Tup Tup]]'' - Zagreb Film-Corona Cinematografica, Manson Distributing - [[Nedeljko Dragic]]
*'''[[1973]] ([[46th Academy Awards|46th]]) ''[[Frank Film]]''''' - Frank Mouris Prod. - [[Frank Mouris]]
**''[[The Legend of John Henry]]'' - Bosustow-Pyramid Films - [[Nick Bosustow]] and [[David Adams (animator)|David Adams]]
**''[[Pulcinella (short)|Pulcinella]]'' - Luzzati-Gianini Prod. - [[Emanuele Luzzati]] and [[Guilo Gianini]]


Lauchlan<ref name="Lauchlan">Lauchlan, Roy (1989). ''Questions & Answers about the Montgomerie Family and the 1839 Tournaments.'' Pub. Kilwinning & District Preservation Society. P. 12.</ref> confuses the issue by stating that an older bridge with three arches existed 100 yards up from the present one, however he states that the present bridge was built for the tournament. The old three arched bridge in fact still existed in 1840<ref name="Leighton2">Leighton, John M. (1850).''Strath Clutha or the Beauties of the Clyde.'' Pub. Joseph Swan Engraver. Glasgow. Facing P. 229.</ref> and at least as late as 1843.<ref name="Wreath2">''The Ayrshire Wreath MDCCCXLIII (1843): a collection of original pieces, in prose and verse, chiefly by native authors, on subjects relating to Ayrshire.'' Pub. H. Crawford & Son. Kilmarnock. Facing Title page.</ref>
Name of award changed to '''Short Films (Animated Films)'''


{{Clear}}
*'''[[1974]] ([[47th Academy Awards|47th]]) ''[[Closed Mondays]]''''' - Lighthouse Productions - [[Will Vinton]] and [[James Robbins Gardiner|Bob Gardiner]]
**''[[The Family That Dwelt Apart]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Yvon Mallette]] and [[Robert Verrall]]
**''[[Hunger (1974 film)|Hunger]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Peter Foldes]] and [[René Jodoin]]
**''[[Voyage to Next]]'' - Hubley Studio - [[John Hubley]] and [[Faith Hubley]]
**''[[Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!]]'' - Disney, Buena Vista - [[Wolfgang Reitherman]]
*'''[[1975]] ([[48th Academy Awards|48th]]) ''[[Great (film)|Great]]''''' - Grantstern, British Lion Films Ltd. - [[Bob Godfrey]]
**''[[Kick Me]]'' - Swarthe Productions - [[Robert Swarthe]]
**''[[Monsieur Pointu]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[René Jodoin]], [[Bernard Longpré]] and [[André Leduc (animator)|André Leduc]]
**''[[Sisyphus (film)|Sisyphus]]'' - Hungarofilms - [[Marcell Jankovics]]
*'''[[1976]] ([[49th Academy Awards|49th]]) ''[[Leisure (cartoon)|Leisure]]''''' - Film Australia - [[Suzanne Baker]]
**''[[Dedalo (short)|Dedalo]]'' - Cineteam Realizzazioni - [[Manfredo Manfredi]]
**''[[The Street (film)|The Street]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Caroline Leaf]] and [[Guy Glover]]
*'''[[1977]] ([[50th Academy Awards|50th]]) ''[[Sand Castle]]''''' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Co Hoedeman]]
**''[[The Bead Game]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Ishu Patel]]
**''[[The Doonesbury Special]]'' - Hubley Studio - [[John Hubley]], [[Faith Hubley]] and [[Garry Trudeau]]
**''[[Jimmy the C]]'' - Motionpicker Production - [[James Picker]], [[Robert Grossman]] and [[Craig Whitaker]]
*'''[[1978]] ([[51st Academy Awards|51st]]) ''[[Special Delivery (1978 film)|Special Delivery]]''''' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Eunice Macauley]] and [[John Weldon (animator)|John Weldon]]
**''[[Oh My Darling]]'' - Nico Crama Productions - [[Nico Crama]]
**''[[Rip Van Winkle (1978 film)|Rip Van Winkle]]'' - Will Vinton/Billy Budd - [[Will Vinton]]
*'''[[1979]] ([[52nd Academy Awards|52nd]]) ''[[Every Child (film)|Every Child]]''''' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Derek Lamb]]
**''[[Dream Doll]]'' - Godfrey Films/Zagreb Films/Halas and Batchelor, Film Wright - [[Bob Godfrey]] and [[Zlatko Grgic]]
**''[[It's so Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House]]'' - AR&T Productions for Learning Corporation of America - [[Paul Fierlinger]]


====Construction of the 'new' Tournament Bridge====
==1980s==
The new bridge may have been erected by the 13th Earl at some time between 1843 and 1856 as part of the total re-modelling of the course of the Lugton Water which had been first undertaken by the 12th Earl (1740 - 1819)<ref name="IDC276">''Landscape of the Knights. The Eglinton Story.'' Rub. Irvine Development Corporation. 1992. P. 27.</ref> and which included the alteration of its course, the removal of the lakes or ponds and the creation of several weirs. The Lugton Water is liable to severe floods<ref name="Archive">The Eglinton Archive.</ref> and damage to the easily broken cast iron work by the force of the current, may have been a reason for its reconstruction at a different site. The first [[Ordnance Survey]] map of 1856 shows the two arched bridge in position, a weir at the position of the old bridge and by this time the old lake had gone, replaced by a canalised Lugton Water with several weirs.
*'''[[1980]] ([[53rd Academy Awards|53rd]]) ''[[The Fly (1980 film)|The Fly]]''''' - [[PannóniaFilm]], [[Budapest]] - [[Ferenc Rófusz]]
[[Image:Robertsonscunn2.jpg|right|thimb|200px|<Center>Robertosn's Map of the 1820s showing a lochan at Eglinton Castle.]]
**''[[All Nothing]]'' - Radio Canada - [[Frédéric Back]]
Ironically the strengthening work done on the 'new' bridge to produce an extra arch of bricks in addition to the cast iron, may have weakened the structure, contributing to its eventual partial collapse.<ref name="NAC4">North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008</ref> The army used the bridge extensively with large lorries and even tanks crossong over it.
**''[[History of the World in Three Minutes Flat]]'' - Michael Mills Productions Ltd. - [[Michael Mills]]
*'''[[1981]] ([[54th Academy Awards|54th]]) ''[[Crac]]''''' - Société Radio Canada - [[Frédéric Back]]
**''[[The Creation (short)|The Creation]]'' - Will Vinton Productions - [[Will Vinton]]
**''[[The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Janet Perlman]]
*'''[[1982]] ([[55th Academy Awards|55th]]) ''[[Tango (cartoon)|Tango]]''''' - Film Polski - [[Zbigniew Rybczynski]]
**''[[The Great Cognito]]'' - Will Vinton Productions - [[Will Vinton]]
**''[[The Snowman]]'' - Snowman Enterprises Ltd. - [[Dianne Jackson]]
*'''[[1983]] ([[56th Academy Awards|56th]]) ''[[Sundae in New York]]''''' - Motionpicker Production - [[Jimmy Picker]]
**''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' - Walt Disney - [[Burny Mattinson]]
**''[[Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain]]'' - Hallinan Plus - [[Eda Hallinan]]
*'''[[1984]] ([[57th Academy Awards|57th]]) ''[[Charade (short)|Charade]]''''' - Sheridan College - [[Jon Minnis]]
**''[[Doctor Desoto]]'' - Sporn Animation - [[Morton Schindel]] and [[Michael Sporn]]
**''[[Paradise (short)|Paradise]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Ishu Patel]]
*'''[[1985]] ([[58th Academy Awards|58th]]) ''[[Anna & Bella]]''''' - The Netherlands - [[Børge Ring]]
**''[[The Big Snit]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Richard Condie]] and [[Michael Scott (filmmaker)|Michael Scott]]
**''[[Second Class Mail]]'' - National Film & Television School - [[Alison Snowden]]
*'''[[1986]] ([[59th Academy Awards|59th]]) ''[[A Greek Tragedy]]''''' - CineTe pvba - [[Linda Van Tulden]] and [[Willem Thijsen]]
**''[[The Frog, The Dog and The Devil]]'' - New Zealand National Film Unit - [[Hugh MacDonald (film maker)|Hugh MacDonald]] and [[Martin Townsend (animator)|Martin Townsend]]
**''[[Luxo Jr.]]'' - [[Pixar]] Productions - [[John Lasseter]] and [[William Reeves]]
*'''[[1987]] ([[60th Academy Awards|60th]]) ''[[The Man Who Planted Trees#Film.2C TV or theatrical adaptations|The Man Who Planted Trees]]''''' - [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] - [[Frédéric Back]]
**''[[George and Rosemary]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Eunice Macauley]]
**''[[Your Face]]'' - [[Bill Plympton]]
*'''[[1988]] ([[61st Academy Awards|61st]]) ''[[Tin Toy]]'''''
**''[[The Cat Came Back (1988 film)|The Cat Came Back]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Cordell Barker]]
**''[[Technological Threat]]'' - [[Bill Kroyer]]
*'''[[1989]] ([[62nd Academy Awards|62nd]]) ''[[Balance (1989 film)|Balance]]''''' - producers: [[Wolfgang Lauenstein|Wolfgang]] and [[Christoph Lauenstein]]
**''[[The Hill Farm]]'' - [[Mark Baker (animator)|Mark Baker]]
**''[[The Cow (1989 film)|The Cow]]'' - [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]


The lower courses of ashlar<ref name="Ashlar">[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A_Researcher%27s_Guide_to_Local_History_Terminology - Ashlar]</ref> on the bridge abutments and central pier were vermiculate.<ref name="Vermiculate">[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A_Researcher%27s_Guide_to_Local_History_Terminology - Vermiculate stonework]</ref> At some point the height of the weir beneath had been raised using an odd assortment of re-used stonework; this would have increased the depth and extent of the waters behind it. The central pier and the original weir had used reworked but re-cycled stone, probably from Kilwinning Abbey; as illustrated by a stone window surround recovered during restoration work (See illustration).
==1990s==
*'''[[1990]] ([[63rd Academy Awards|63th]]) ''[[Creature Comforts]]''''' - [[Nick Park]]
**''[[A Grand Day Out]]'' - [[Nick Park]]
**''[[Grasshoppers (film)|Grasshoppers]]'' - [[Bruno Bozzetto]]
*'''[[1991]] ([[64th Academy Awards|64th]]) ''[[Manipulation (cartoon)|Manipulation]]''''' - [[Daniel Greaves (animator)|Daniel Greaves]]
**''[[Blackfly (film)|Blackfly]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Christopher Hinton (filmmaker)|Christopher Hinton]]
**''[[Strings (1991 film)|Strings]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Wendy Tilby]]
*'''[[1992]] ([[65th Academy Awards|65th]]) ''[[Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase]]''''' - [[Joan C. Gratz]]
**''[[Adam (1991 film)|Adam]]'' - [[Peter Lord]]
**''[[Reci, Reci, Reci...]]'' - [[Michaela Pavlátová]]
**''[[The Sandman (1991 film)|The Sandman]]'' - [[Paul Berry (animator)|Paul Berry]]
**''[[Screen Play (short)|Screen Play]]'' - [[Barry Purves]]
*'''[[1993]] ([[66th Academy Awards|66th]]) ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]''''' - [[Nick Park]]
**''[[Blindscape]]'' - [[Stephen Palmer (animator)|Stephen Palmer]]
**''[[The Mighty River]]'' - [[Frédéric Back]] and [[Hubert Tison]]
**''[[Small Talk (film)|Small Talk]]'' - [[Bob Godfrey]] and [[Kevin Baldwin]]
**''[[The Village (1993 film)|The Village]]'' - [[Mark Baker (animator)|Mark Baker]]
*'''[[1994]] ([[67th Academy Awards|67th]]) ''[[Bob's Birthday]]''''' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] co-production - [[Alison Snowden]] and [[David Fine]]
**''[[The Big Story (film)|The Big Story]]'' - [[Tim Watts]] and [[David Stoten]]
**''[[The Janitor (film)|The Janitor]]'' - [[Vanessa Schwartz]]
**''[[The Monk and the Fish]]'' - [[Michael Dudok de Wit]]
**''[[Triangle (1994 film)|Triangle]]'' - [[Erica Russell]]
*'''[[1995]] ([[68th Academy Awards|68th]]) ''[[A Close Shave]]''''' - [[Nick Park]]
**''[[The Chicken From Outer Space]]'' - [[John Dilworth]]
**''[[The End (1995 film)|The End]]'' - [[Chris Landreth]] and [[Robin Barger]]
**''[[Gagarin (film)|Gagarin]]'' - [[Alexiy Kharitidi]]
**''[[Runaway Brain]]'' - [[Chris Bailey (animator)|Chris Bailey]]
*'''[[1996]] ([[69th Academy Awards|69th]]) ''[[Quest (film)|Quest]]''''' - [[Tyron Montgomery]] and [[Thomas Stellmach]]
**''[[Canhead]]'' - [[Timothy Hittle]]
**''[[La Salla]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Richard Condie]]
**''[[Wat's Pig]]'' - [[Peter Lord]]
*'''[[1997]] ([[70th Academy Awards|70th]]) ''[[Geri's Game]]''''' - [[Jan Pinkava]]
**''[[Famous Fred]]'' - [[Joanna Quinn]]
**''[[Mermaid (film)|Mermaid]]'' - [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]
**''[[Redux Riding Hood]]'' - [[Steve Moore (animator)|Steve Moore]]
**''[[La Vieille dame et les pigeons]]'' - [[Sylvain Chomet]]
*'''[[1998]] ([[71st Academy Awards|71st]]) ''[[Bunny (1998 film)|Bunny]]''''' - [[Chris Wedge]]
**''[[The Canterbury Tales (animated short)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' - [[Christopher Grace]] and [[Jonathan Myerson]]
**''[[Jolly Roger (film)|Jolly Roger]]'' - [[Mark Baker (animator)|Mark Baker]]
**''[[More (short)|More]]'' - [[Mark Osborne (animator)|Mark Osborne]] and [[Steven B. Kalafer]]
**''[[When Life Departs]]'' - [[Karsten Kiilerich]] and [[Stefan Fjeldmark]]
*'''[[1999]] ([[72nd Academy Awards|72nd]]) ''[[The Old Man and the Sea (1999 film)|The Old Man and the Sea]]''''' - [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]
**''[[3 Misses]]'' - [[Paul Driessen (animator)|Paul Driessen]]
**''[[Humdrum]]'' - [[Peter Peake]]
**''[[My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] co-production - [[Torill Kove]]
**''[[When the Day Breaks]]'' - [[National Film Board of Canada]] - [[Wendy Tilby]] and [[Amanda Forbis]]


Examination of the top of the outer towers shows that something was attached to the centres, the 'plug' hole still being present. It is possible that the holes are relate dto the method of lifting them into position during construction work. The larger towers are capped with cement and nothing is therefore visible. During restoration work (2008) electricity power cables or possibly gas pipes were located leading to the bridge and they may have served lights on top of some or all of the towers.<ref name="NAC6">North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008</ref> These are not visible in the available illustrations. The [[Eglinton Country Park|Eglinton estate]] had its own gasworks and later its own power station, so it would have been natural to provide lighting on the bridge. The old [[Ordnance Survey|OS maps]] show that by 1897 the gas works had been established here to supply the castle and offices, whilst by 1911 this had been replaced by an electricity works; the present day park workshop.
==2000s==
[[Image:Numbered section cast iron arch.JPG|left|thumb|200px|<center>Numbering on the cast iron arch sections.]]
*'''[[2000 in film|2000]] ([[73rd Academy Awards|73rd]]) ''[[Father and Daughter (film)|Father and Daughter]]''''' - [[Micha%C3%ABl Dudok De Wit]]
**''[[The Periwig-Maker]]'' - [[Steffen Schäffler]] and [[Annette Schäffler]]
**''[[Rejected]]'' - [[Don Hertzfeldt]]


The larger and taller inner towers appear to have been re-used from the older bridge, this being confirmed by the presence of ornate carving which is now obscured by the low wall leading to them from the smaller towers. The curtain walls and the smaller and lower outer towers are made from a different type of stone and, as stated, the towers have a number of architectural differences, suggesting that they were made specifically for the 'new' Tournament Bridge (See photographs). During work on the central pier it was found that some of the hidden infill work is vermiculate ashlar from the 'old' bridge.
*'''[[2001 in film|2001]] ([[74th Academy Awards|74th]]) ''[[For the Birds (film)|For the Birds]]''''' - [[Ralph Eggleston]]
**''[[Fifty Percent Grey]]'' - [[Ruairi Robinson]] and [[Seamus Byrne]]
**''[[Give Up Yer Aul Sins]]'' - [[Cathal Gaffney]] and [[Darragh O'Connell]]
**''[[Strange Invaders (short)|Strange Invaders]]'' - [[Cordell Barker]] - [[National Film Board of Canada]]
**''[[Stubble Trouble]]'' - [[Joseph E. Merideth]]


The cast iron sections of the arches are numbered and some of the sequence are absent, suggesting that these missing sections may have been damaged previously beyond repair and were not used therefore in the 'new' bridge.
*'''[[2002 in film|2002]] ([[75th Academy Awards|75th]]) ''[[The ChubbChubbs!]]''''' - [[Jacquie Barnbrook]], [[Eric Armstrong]] and Jeff Wolverton
**''[[The Cathedral|Katedra]]'' - [[Tomek Baginski]]
**''[[Mike's New Car]]'' - [[Gale Gortney]]
**''[[Mt. Head]]'' - [[Koji Yamamura]]
**''[[Das Rad]]'' - [[Georg Gruber]]


{{Clear}}
*'''[[2003 in film|2003]] ([[76th Academy Awards|76th]]) ''[[Harvie Krumpet]]''''' - [[Adam Elliot]]
**''[[Boundin']]'' - [[Bud Luckey]]
**''[[Gone Nutty]]'' - [[Carlos Saldanha]] and [[John C. Donkin]]
**''[[Nibbles (film)|Nibbles]]'' - [[Chris Hinton (animator)|Chris Hinton]]
**''[[Destino]]'' - [[Dominique Monfery]] and [[Roy Edward Disney]]


=== Older bridges gallery ===
*'''[[2004 in film|2004]] ([[77th Academy Awards|77th]]) ''[[Ryan (film)|Ryan]]''''' - [[Chris Landreth]] - [[National Film Board of Canada]] co-production
<gallery>
**''[[Birthday Boy]]'' - [[Sejong Park]] and [[Andrew Gregory]]
Image:Eglinton Castle and wooden bridge. 1815..jpg|<Center>A view of the castle and a wooden footbridge in 1815.
**''[[Gopher Broke]]'' - [[Jeff Fowler]] and [[Tim Miller (animator)|Tim Miller]]
Image:Eglinton Castle Bridge of 1815.jpg|<Center>Details of the wooden bridge.
**''[[Guard Dog]]'' - [[Bill Plympton]]
Image:Eglinton Castle, Irvine, circa 1840.jpg|<Center>The castle and bridge in 1815. Three arches and a lake are depicted.
**''[[Lorenzo (film)|Lorenzo]]'' - [[Mike Gabriel]] and [[Baker Bloodworth]]
Image:Eglinton tournament bridge in 1843.jpg|<Center>Eglinton Castle & Bridge. This again shows the original three arched bridge, lake, etc. Circa 1843.<ref name="Wreath">''The Ayrshire Wreath MDCCCXLIII (1843):a collection of original pieces, in prose and verse, chiefly by native authors, on subjects relating to Ayrshire.'' Pub. H. Crawford & son. Kilmarnock. Facing Title page</ref>
</gallery>


=== The 'new' Tournament Bridge ===
*'''[[2005 in film|2005]] ([[78th Academy Awards|78th]]) ''[[The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation]]''''' - [[John Canemaker]]
<gallery>
**''[[Badgered]]'' - [[Sharon Colman]]
Image:Restored Tournament Bridge 1980.jpg|<Center>The Tournament bridge as restored in the 1980s.
**''[[The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello]]'' - [[Anthony Lucas (animator)|Anthony Lucas]]
Image:Tournament bridge in flood conditions.jpg|<Center>Flood conditions.
**''[[9 (film)|9]]'' - [[Shane Acker]]
Image:Eglintontournamentbridge.JPG|<center>The Tournament Bridge over the Lugton Water in 2007.
**''[[One Man Band (film)|One Man Band]]'' - [[Andrew Jimenez]] and [[Mark Andrews (animator)|Mark Andrews]]
Image:Tournamentbridge2.JPG|<center>The approach to the Tournament Bridge from the stables in 2007.
Image:Tournament Bridge benchmark.JPG|<Center>A [[benchmark]] on one of the bridge towers.
Image:Large Tournament bridge tower.JPG|<Center>One of the large bridge towers, probably recycled from the 1811 bridge.
Image:Small tournament bridge tower.JPG|<Center>One of the smaller towers with subtle design and carving differences suggesting a later date of construction.
Image:Vermiculate ashlar stonework Tournament Brdige.JPG|<Center>Vermiculate ashlar stonework on the abutment of the bridge at water level.
Image:Recycled stone Tournament Bridge.JPG|<Center>A reworked stone window ledge, possibly from Kilwinning Abbey, used in the weir at the central pier.
Image:Eglinton Tournament Bridge construction details.jpg|<Center>Details of how one of the recycled towers has been incoroprated into the new design.
Image:Hydrodemolition damage.JPG|<center>Hydrodemolition damage to the central pier.
Image:Recycled bridge stone.JPG|<Center>Recycled stones built into the weir beneath the bridge. One has the remains of two [[Corbel|corbels]] and may well have come from the pre-1802 medieval castle.
Image:Mason's mark.JPG|<Center>A Mason's Mark on the corbelled stone.
Image:Tournament Bridge piers.JPG|<Center>A cut water, possibly from the 'new bridge,' but removed during the 'army works.'
Image:Tournament Bridge old tower section.JPG|<Center>A section of an 'old' bridge tower used in the weir.
Image:Tournament Bridge weir.JPG|<Center>The weir made from sections of the old large 'towers.'
</gallery>


== The Tournament Bridge and WWII ==
*'''[[2006 in film|2006]] ([[79th Academy Awards|79th]]) ''[[The Danish Poet]]''''' - [[Torill Kove]]
The Eglinton Castle Estate was requisitioned during [[World War II]] and during this occupation the Tournament Bridge partly collapsed, partly due to alterations which had been made earlier by the Eglinton Estate, involving supposed strengthening using brickwork, as revealed during the 2008 restoration work.<ref name="NAC2">North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008</ref> The bridge was never designed to take the heavy army lorries and tanks which used the bridge during the army occupation of the site and this led to a partial collapse in the 1940s. To save the bridge from total collapse the army Royal Engineers Regiment removed the cast iron outer facia coverings and the pinnacles, encasing the remaining cast iron arches in concrete as can be seen from contemporary photographs and as further revealed during restoration work. It is not known what happened to the pinnacles and cast iron coverings. It had been thought that they were safely in storage, however enquiries have led to nothing.<ref name="NAC2">North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008</ref>
**''[[Lifted (film)|Lifted]]'' - [[Gary Rydstrom]]
**''[[The Little Matchgirl (film)|The Little Matchgirl]]'' - [[Roger Allers]] and [[Don Hahn]]
**''[[Maestro(film)|Maestro]]'' - [[Géza M. Tóth]]
**''[[No Time for Nuts]]'' - [[Chris Renaud (animator)|Chris Renaud]] and [[Michael Thurmeier]]


==== Repair work ====
*'''[[2007 in film|2007]] ([[80th Academy Awards|80th]]) ''[[Peter and the Wolf (film)|Peter and the Wolf]]'' - [[Suzie Templeton]] and [[Hugh Welchman]]
<gallery>
**''[[Even Pigeons Go To Heaven]]'' - [[Samuel Tourneux]] and [[Simon Vanesse]]
Image:Tournament Bridge collapse, Eglinton Estate, Ayrshire.jpg|A view showing the partial collapse of the bridge.
**''[[I Met the Walrus]] - [[Josh Raskin]]
Image:Tournament Bridge, Eglinton Estate, Ayrshire in the 1930s.jpg|Repair work underway, showing the shuttering for the concrete.
**''[[Madame Tutli-Putli]]'' - [[Chris Lavis]] and [[Maciek Szczerbowski]]
Image:Tournament Bridge repaired, Eglinton, Ayrshire.jpg|The repaired bridge. Note the simple wooden handrail and the remaining exposed iron arch.
**''[[My Love (film)|My Love]]'' - [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]
Image:Tournament Bridge repaired, Eglinton Estate, Ayrshire.jpg|A view of the whole of the repaired bridge. Note the army personnel and lots of children fishing, etc.
</gallery>


== Other estate bridges ==
==See also==
[[Image:Ainslie's Eglinton in 1790.JPG|left|thumb|<center>John Ainslie's 1790 map showing pleasure garden on the opposite side of the Lugton Water to the castle in what became part of the deer park.]]
*[[Short subject]]
[[Image:Eglinton in 1790.JPG|right|thumb|<center>John Ainslie's 1790 map showing pleasure garden on the opposite side of the Lugton Water to the castle in what became part of the deer park.]]
*[[50 Greatest Cartoons]]
Originally the river would have been crossed by simple fords, however by the 18th century ornamental pleasure gardens had been formed and these were partly situated in what later became the deer park. No signs of these gardens are now visible, apart from [[Crop mark]]s on aerial photographs taken around the end of the Second World War. A bridge was necessary to give access to the ornamental gardens and one is indicated on John Ainslie's map dated 1790, crossing the Lugton Water close to the castle itself. A small wooden bridge across the Lugton Water is shown in an illustration from around 1815, however this may not have been across the Lugton Water. Thomson's map of 1828 (See illustration) indicates a bridge crossing the Lugton Water at the castle where the three arched bridge was and a drive starting off at the position of the present day bridge, which may have been a ford at the time. Another bridge is suggested further upstream and close to the castle.<ref name="Thomson">Thomson, John (1828). A Map of the Northern Part of Ayrshire.</ref> The wooden Laundry Bridge stood close to the castle and downstream from it was second wooden bridge which was washed away in a storm in 1938. Local children used it to build rafts.
[[Image:William Roy, Eglinton, 1747 - 55.jpg|left|200px|thumb|<Center>William Roy's 1747 - 55 map<ref name=Roy">Roy, William (1747 - 55) Military Map of Scotland.</ref> showing a bridge only upstream of the castle, roughly where Thomson also shows a bridge in his 1828 map.]]
[[Image:Eglinton by John Thomson 1828.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<Center>John Thomson's 1828 map showing the position of the old Tournamaent bridge. Here a drive and a possible building are located at the site of the 'new' Tournament Bridge.<ref name="Thomson">Thomson, John (1828). A Map of the Northern Part of Ayrshire.</ref>]]
The restored Stables Bridge, also called Lady Jane's Bridge, lies on the Kilwinning Lodge drive and just downstream from it stood an elegant cast-iron bridge with a 50 foot span.<ref name="Aiton2">Aiton, William (1811). Extract from the General View of the Agriculture of Ayr.</ref> This bridge had high quality stonework on both of the abutments, much of which survive. This bridge gave access to the kitchen walled gardens and glasshouse ranges and lasted into the mid 1940s when the army removed it.


The Suspension Bridge built by the army in the 1980s on behalf of the country park lies just below the weir beside the ruined gazebo. Lady Jane's cottage had a wooded pedestrian footbridge of which no sign remains.
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The restored Diamond Bridge lies upstream near the Eglinton Loch and continues to give access to the old Toll Road from Irvine to Kilwinning via [[Fergushill]]. This bridge was named after the nearby Black Diamond mine, the spoil heap or bing of which still remains rear the Chapelholm Gate. The colliery name in turn was associated with one of the 13th Earl's favourite horses, Black Diamond.
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== A Gallery of the other bridges ==
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Image:Lugtoneglintonbridge.JPG|<center>The suspension bridge over the Lugton Water.
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Image:The Eglinton Suspension Bridge.JPG|<Center>The suspension bridge and cascade weir.
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Image:Eglinton Lady Jane's cottage.jpg|<center>Lady Jane's cottage with its footbridge across the Lugton Water.
Image:Diamond Bridge restoration.jpg|<Center>The Diamond Bridge undergoing restoration.
Image:Eglinton Chapelholms bridge.JPG|<center>The Chapelholm or 'Diamond' bridge.
Image:Eglinton stables bridge.JPG|<center>The Stable's Bridge.
Image:Abutment of bridge in Eglinton.JPG‎|<Center>An abutment of the old Walled Garden bridge. Iron work is embedded in the structure, which was faced with high quality vermiculate ashlar stonework.
Image:Stucco stone from footbridge.JPG|<Center>A vermiculate<ref name="Vermiculate">[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A_Researcher%27s_Guide_to_Local_History_Terminology Vermiculate stonework]</ref> stone from the ornate Walled Garden bridge.
Image:Laundry Bridge.JPG|<Center>The original Laundry Bridge in the 1900s.
Image:Castle Bridge side view.JPG|<Center>The 'new' castle or Laundry footbridge.
Image:Castle Bridge 1.JPG|<Center>The view across the Laundry or Castle Bridge.
</gallery>

== Lugton Water ==
[[Image:Lugtoneglintonweir.JPG|right|thumb|230px|<center>The substantial weir on the Lugton Water near the Suspension Bridge in 2008.]]
[[Image:Weir at site of old Tournament Bridge.JPG|left|thumb|<Center>The Weir on the Lugton Water at the site of the old three arched Tournament Bridge.]]
The [[River Irvine|Lugton Water]] was diverted and altered several times, for example in the 1790s its course was altered by the 12th Earl (1740 - 1819)<ref name="IDC27">''Landscape of the Knights. The Eglinton Story.'' Rub. Irvine Development Corporation. 1992. P. 27.</ref> to run behind the Garden Cottage, rather than in front of it. The width was also changed at times, for instance five ponds or lakes were created by large weirs at one stage; the one at the Tournament Bridge is clearly visible in older prints of the 1840s (see illustrations) shown.<ref name = "Montgomeries79">Montgomeries of Eglinton. Ayr Division. Strathclyde Department of Education. P. 94.</ref>

The size, shape and position of the various weirs was altered several times, latterly by Clement Wilson of the canning factory. One of the weirs lies directly beneath the restored Tournament Bridge. The one below the site of the old [[Bowling Green]] and [[Robert Burns]]'s garden was 'U' shaped, holding back sufficient water at one time to form a lake with a small island bearing a single [[yew]] tree. The 1938 [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] map shows no fewer than seven weirs between the castle and the present day Suspension Bridge.
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== The Clement Wilson gardens ==
[[Image:Yew tree weir, Lugton Water, Irvine, Scotland..jpg|right|thumb|<Center>The Clement Wilson Gardens in the 1970s.]]
In 1948 the Trustees of the late 16th Earl sold most of the remaining parts of the estate to Robert Howie and Sons of [[Dunlop]] for £24,000<ref name="IDC12">''Landscape of the Knights. The Eglinton Story.'' Rub. Irvine Development Corporation. 1992. P. 12.</ref><ref name="Sharp5">Sharp, Cameron (2007). ''Eglinton Country Park Management Plan for 2007 - 2011''. North Ayrshire Council. P. 5.</ref> and in the 1950s the Wilson family purchased the Tournament Bridge, old offices, castle ruins, and other land from Robert Howie and Sons.

Clement Wilson, the food processing factory owner, established the Clement Wilson Foundation which opened part of the grounds to the public, spending around £400,000 (around £4,317,000 in 2008 terms) on partially restoring the Tournament Bridge, consolidating the castle ruins, planting trees, landscaping, making paths, creating a rockery and waterfall feature, etc.<ref name="Wilson">Wilson, James (2008). Eglinton Archives - Written correspondence.</ref>

== 2008 restoration ==

[[Image:Tournament Bridge 2008.jpg|thumb|The bridge partially dismantled and half way through hydrodemolition during renovation in May 2008.]]
[[Image:Dam at Tournament Bridge.JPG|left|thumb|<Center>The temporary earth dam in the Lugton Water.]]
The restoration of the Tournament Bridge involves a faithful and historic renovation of the Tournament Bridge, based on surviving documentary evidence. [[Historic Scotland]] requires a ‘faithful restoration where all details are replicated as closely as possible in terms of material, design and construction’.
[[Image:Turnament bridge repair.JPG|right|thumb|<Center>Close up of a repair to the cracked cast iron.]]
The existing concrete arches are to be removed as is the infill above. The arches will be replaced with the existing refurbished cast iron arch sections and new cast iron fascia sections, which will restore the original width of the structure. A secondary stainless steel pedestrian parapet is to be provided immediately behind the ballustrading. The load bearing capacity of the bridge will be carried by a modern steel structure concealed beneath the deck surface which will be timber, as this was considered to be the original material.<ref name=NACmins">[http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/chiefexec/minutes.nsf/6939f82190c5aae2802572dd0046f16c/2e30178e790d6ec8802573f300400832?OpenDocument Minutes of North Ayrshire Council Executive Committee]</ref>

The current timber parapets will be replaced with cast iron sections to match the original items. All of the cast iron elements are to be fabricated and fitted by the Ballantine [[Bo'ness]] Iron Company to restore the splendour of the original structure.<ref name="Irvine Herald">The Irvine Herald, Friday 25th April, 2008. P. 10.</ref>

The restoration involved [[hydrodemolition]] to expose the cast iron arches through removing the concrete in which they had been embeded. This process used very high pressure water jets and confirmed the poor structural integrity of the iron arches. They were not however intended to be load bearing in the restored bridge and an upside was the degree of Gothic artwork found to exist on the arches.<ref name="NAC2">North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008</ref>

The estimated total project cost is £720k. Historic Scotland have indicated that they would be able to contribute some £161k, around £5k will be provided in kind, and the shortfall of £354k was the subject of the successful grant application to the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]].<ref name="NAC">[http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/ChiefExec/CommRA07.nsf/e9ee67f48fbb9003802569d700533758/1f6211e0e2530ce4802573e60045da0f?OpenDocument North Ayrshire Council minutes and the Tournament Bridge restoration]</ref>

===2008 restoration gallery===
<gallery>
Image:DSCN5379.JPG|<Center>Work begins.
Image:DSCN3137.JPG|<Center>A hydrodemolition operative in protective clothing.
Image:DSCN3200.JPG|<Center>A cast iron cross strut holding the arches together so they do not move sideways.
Image:Eglinton Tournament Bridge cast iron beams.jpg|<Center>Detail of the cast iron arches.
Image:DSCN3202.JPG|<Center>Detail of the Gothic ornamentation on the cast iron arches. Note the cracks in the ironwork.
Image:DSCN3208.JPG|<Center>The concrete decking prior to hydrodemolition and the exposure of the cast iron arches.
Image:DSCN3158.JPG|<Center>The concrete removed and the cast iron arches exposed.
Image:DSCN3078.JPG|<Center>Brickwork exposed between the cast iron arches.
Image:DSCN3163.JPG|<Center>Fully exposed cast iron arches.
Image:Eglinton Tournament Bridge construction details of pier.jpg|<Center>Details of the central pier's construction.
Image:Eglinton Tournament Bridge scaffolding.jpg|<Center>Ready for painting.
Image:Central pier Tournament Bridge.JPG|<Center>The white protective paint and the central pier.
Image:Tournament Bridge cutwater repairs.JPG|<Center>Repairs underway to the central pier and cutwaters.
Image:Iron stone binding.JPG|<center>An old iron stone block binding. These expanded as they rusted and ironically led to the loosening of the stonework.
Image:Eglinton Masons.JPG|<center>At work on the stone for the central pier. Note the craft tools.
Image:Tournament Bridge Mason.JPG|<center>Marking out a block before cutting out the design.
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[The Iron Bridge]] - the world's first iron bridge

== References ==
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Revision as of 18:37, 3 September 2008

Eglinton Tournament Bridge
Tournament Bridge and castle in 1876[1]
Coordinates55°38′41″N 4°40′12″W / 55.6446°N 4.6699°W / 55.6446; -4.6699
CarriesPedestrians
CrossesLugton Water
LocaleEglinton Country Park
Official nameTournament Bridge
Maintained byNorth Ayrshire Council
Historic Scotland
Characteristics
DesignGothic
History
Openedc. 1845
Location
Map

The Eglinton Tournament Bridge is a bridge located within Eglinton Country Park near Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The bridge crosses the Lugton Water a short distance northwest of Eglinton Castle (OS ref: NS32064224) and was named after the Eglinton Tournament of 1839. The castle and surrounding grounds were once home to the Montgomerie family, Earls of Eglinton and chiefs of the Clan Montgomery.

History

The Tournament Bridges

The surviving Tournament Bridge was built to provide an appropriate crossing point to gain access to the far side of the Lugton Water. Archibald Montgomerie, the 13th Earl of Eglinton had the bridge built in a Gothic style, using cast iron for the arches, pinnacles, etc. and stone for the two pairs of miniature ornamental towers at either end. These towers have subtle design differences (See photographs) which are significant in the context of the extended history of the bridge. This 'Tournament' bridge was designed by the architect David Hamilton. The bridge's cast iron parapet is a repetition of the pointed Gothic arch design of the castle, surmounted by a battlement, and relieved in the centre with foliated pinnacles.[2] The Tournament Bridge is B listed by Historic Scotland.[3]

The original Tournament Bridge and the procession in 1839. Note the three cast iron arches, crossed finials, pinnacles, and the taller, broader towers, etc. characteristic of that bridge.[4]
A map showing the layout of the various features associated with the Eglinton Tournament. Note the lakes either side of the bridge[5], formed around 1800.[6]

The 1839 Eglinton Tournament was held on a meadow or holm at a loop in the Lugton Water. Most of the holm no longer exists, the excavations in this area having provided gravel and sand for the construction of the Kilwinning bypass and leaving behind an excavation pit which is now known as Eglinton Loch. The Knights on horseback and their retinue reached the tilt yard ('C' on the map) via an enclosed ride ('G' on the map), whilst the guests and visitors made their way to the stands via the route marked 'F' on the map illustrated. Both groups crossed over the previous three arched Gothic bridge. A map of 1837 of Eglinton Castle, Grounds and Tilt yard of 1837 shows that the tilt yard was already in extistence at this early date, but it is not recorded what its fate was after the tournament was over.[7]

The castle and Tournament Bridge in 1884.

The 'new' Tournament Bridge served as a well used route across the Lugton Water, running through the deer park to the Eglinton kennels (previously Laigh Moncur), especially on days when the Eglinton Hunt met at the castle itself.

The 'old' Tournament Bridge converted artificially to two arches, etc for comparison.

The original bridge, also with two miniature towers, but with three arches and four pinnacles, stood roughly 100 yards further up the river towards the castle,[8] as shown in several contemporary prints and maps as illustrated in the appropriate gallery of this article.[9] It was this bridge that was used at the Eglinton Tournament as can be seen from the illustrations of the event, however the name was passed on to the 'new' bridge constructed downstream of it. No clear sign of this three arched bridge remains, a weir having been built at its old position; the 'old' bridge was constructed in 1811[10][11], therefore around the time of the 'new' castle being built in 1801/2 and also when the grounds were being laid out by Tweedie.

Surviving architects drawings show the designs for a three arched bridge and as stated, contemporary prints of the Eglinton Tournament also show a three arched Tournament bridge, with cast iron arches, pinnacles and parapets which may have been re-used in the later 'new' bridge which survives today.

The point at which the 'old' bridge crossed the Lugton was 102 feet broad and 100 yards downriver from the castle.[12] It had the Montgomerie coat of arms in the centre. Aiton describes it as being under construction in 1811.[13] The miniature castle towers on the demolished bridge are shown as each being surmounted by a double cross, but these do not figure on the 'new' Tournament Bridge; the 'old' bridge therefore may have been specially embellished for the tournament with temporary additions.

A view of the Tournament Bridge at its 'new' site. The level of the weir was lower at this time and was raised at a later date using randomly chosen stones to raise the water level.[14]
The Lord of the Tournament (Earl of Eglinton) and his esquires and retainers crossing the bridge.[15]

A local minister, the Rev. Lee Ker, confirms which bridge was used at the tournament by relating in his book on Kilwinning that the tournament procession passed over the Water of Lugton by what is now called the Tournament Bridge, but which was then situated about 100 yards nearer the Castle and had three arches instead of two.[16] This distance coincides with a weir today and an old path from the castle leads directly to it. Dane Love states that the bridge used by the tournament had been built by the 12th Earl in 1811.[17] In contemporary reports of the tournament no special mention of the bridge is made, suggesting that it was already a well established feature of the estate by that time and not an extravagant new feature specially built for the event.

Lauchlan[18] confuses the issue by stating that an older bridge with three arches existed 100 yards up from the present one, however he states that the present bridge was built for the tournament. The old three arched bridge in fact still existed in 1840[19] and at least as late as 1843.[20]

Construction of the 'new' Tournament Bridge

The new bridge may have been erected by the 13th Earl at some time between 1843 and 1856 as part of the total re-modelling of the course of the Lugton Water which had been first undertaken by the 12th Earl (1740 - 1819)[21] and which included the alteration of its course, the removal of the lakes or ponds and the creation of several weirs. The Lugton Water is liable to severe floods[22] and damage to the easily broken cast iron work by the force of the current, may have been a reason for its reconstruction at a different site. The first Ordnance Survey map of 1856 shows the two arched bridge in position, a weir at the position of the old bridge and by this time the old lake had gone, replaced by a canalised Lugton Water with several weirs.

Robertosn's Map of the 1820s showing a lochan at Eglinton Castle.
Robertosn's Map of the 1820s showing a lochan at Eglinton Castle.

Ironically the strengthening work done on the 'new' bridge to produce an extra arch of bricks in addition to the cast iron, may have weakened the structure, contributing to its eventual partial collapse.[23] The army used the bridge extensively with large lorries and even tanks crossong over it.

The lower courses of ashlar[24] on the bridge abutments and central pier were vermiculate.[25] At some point the height of the weir beneath had been raised using an odd assortment of re-used stonework; this would have increased the depth and extent of the waters behind it. The central pier and the original weir had used reworked but re-cycled stone, probably from Kilwinning Abbey; as illustrated by a stone window surround recovered during restoration work (See illustration).

Examination of the top of the outer towers shows that something was attached to the centres, the 'plug' hole still being present. It is possible that the holes are relate dto the method of lifting them into position during construction work. The larger towers are capped with cement and nothing is therefore visible. During restoration work (2008) electricity power cables or possibly gas pipes were located leading to the bridge and they may have served lights on top of some or all of the towers.[26] These are not visible in the available illustrations. The Eglinton estate had its own gasworks and later its own power station, so it would have been natural to provide lighting on the bridge. The old OS maps show that by 1897 the gas works had been established here to supply the castle and offices, whilst by 1911 this had been replaced by an electricity works; the present day park workshop.

Numbering on the cast iron arch sections.

The larger and taller inner towers appear to have been re-used from the older bridge, this being confirmed by the presence of ornate carving which is now obscured by the low wall leading to them from the smaller towers. The curtain walls and the smaller and lower outer towers are made from a different type of stone and, as stated, the towers have a number of architectural differences, suggesting that they were made specifically for the 'new' Tournament Bridge (See photographs). During work on the central pier it was found that some of the hidden infill work is vermiculate ashlar from the 'old' bridge.

The cast iron sections of the arches are numbered and some of the sequence are absent, suggesting that these missing sections may have been damaged previously beyond repair and were not used therefore in the 'new' bridge.

Older bridges gallery

The 'new' Tournament Bridge

The Tournament Bridge and WWII

The Eglinton Castle Estate was requisitioned during World War II and during this occupation the Tournament Bridge partly collapsed, partly due to alterations which had been made earlier by the Eglinton Estate, involving supposed strengthening using brickwork, as revealed during the 2008 restoration work.[28] The bridge was never designed to take the heavy army lorries and tanks which used the bridge during the army occupation of the site and this led to a partial collapse in the 1940s. To save the bridge from total collapse the army Royal Engineers Regiment removed the cast iron outer facia coverings and the pinnacles, encasing the remaining cast iron arches in concrete as can be seen from contemporary photographs and as further revealed during restoration work. It is not known what happened to the pinnacles and cast iron coverings. It had been thought that they were safely in storage, however enquiries have led to nothing.[28]

Repair work

Other estate bridges

John Ainslie's 1790 map showing pleasure garden on the opposite side of the Lugton Water to the castle in what became part of the deer park.
John Ainslie's 1790 map showing pleasure garden on the opposite side of the Lugton Water to the castle in what became part of the deer park.

Originally the river would have been crossed by simple fords, however by the 18th century ornamental pleasure gardens had been formed and these were partly situated in what later became the deer park. No signs of these gardens are now visible, apart from Crop marks on aerial photographs taken around the end of the Second World War. A bridge was necessary to give access to the ornamental gardens and one is indicated on John Ainslie's map dated 1790, crossing the Lugton Water close to the castle itself. A small wooden bridge across the Lugton Water is shown in an illustration from around 1815, however this may not have been across the Lugton Water. Thomson's map of 1828 (See illustration) indicates a bridge crossing the Lugton Water at the castle where the three arched bridge was and a drive starting off at the position of the present day bridge, which may have been a ford at the time. Another bridge is suggested further upstream and close to the castle.[29] The wooden Laundry Bridge stood close to the castle and downstream from it was second wooden bridge which was washed away in a storm in 1938. Local children used it to build rafts.

William Roy's 1747 - 55 map[30] showing a bridge only upstream of the castle, roughly where Thomson also shows a bridge in his 1828 map.
John Thomson's 1828 map showing the position of the old Tournamaent bridge. Here a drive and a possible building are located at the site of the 'new' Tournament Bridge.[29]

The restored Stables Bridge, also called Lady Jane's Bridge, lies on the Kilwinning Lodge drive and just downstream from it stood an elegant cast-iron bridge with a 50 foot span.[12] This bridge had high quality stonework on both of the abutments, much of which survive. This bridge gave access to the kitchen walled gardens and glasshouse ranges and lasted into the mid 1940s when the army removed it.

The Suspension Bridge built by the army in the 1980s on behalf of the country park lies just below the weir beside the ruined gazebo. Lady Jane's cottage had a wooded pedestrian footbridge of which no sign remains.

The restored Diamond Bridge lies upstream near the Eglinton Loch and continues to give access to the old Toll Road from Irvine to Kilwinning via Fergushill. This bridge was named after the nearby Black Diamond mine, the spoil heap or bing of which still remains rear the Chapelholm Gate. The colliery name in turn was associated with one of the 13th Earl's favourite horses, Black Diamond.

A Gallery of the other bridges

Lugton Water

The substantial weir on the Lugton Water near the Suspension Bridge in 2008.
The Weir on the Lugton Water at the site of the old three arched Tournament Bridge.

The Lugton Water was diverted and altered several times, for example in the 1790s its course was altered by the 12th Earl (1740 - 1819)[31] to run behind the Garden Cottage, rather than in front of it. The width was also changed at times, for instance five ponds or lakes were created by large weirs at one stage; the one at the Tournament Bridge is clearly visible in older prints of the 1840s (see illustrations) shown.[32]

The size, shape and position of the various weirs was altered several times, latterly by Clement Wilson of the canning factory. One of the weirs lies directly beneath the restored Tournament Bridge. The one below the site of the old Bowling Green and Robert Burns's garden was 'U' shaped, holding back sufficient water at one time to form a lake with a small island bearing a single yew tree. The 1938 OS map shows no fewer than seven weirs between the castle and the present day Suspension Bridge.

The Clement Wilson gardens

The Clement Wilson Gardens in the 1970s.

In 1948 the Trustees of the late 16th Earl sold most of the remaining parts of the estate to Robert Howie and Sons of Dunlop for £24,000[33][34] and in the 1950s the Wilson family purchased the Tournament Bridge, old offices, castle ruins, and other land from Robert Howie and Sons.

Clement Wilson, the food processing factory owner, established the Clement Wilson Foundation which opened part of the grounds to the public, spending around £400,000 (around £4,317,000 in 2008 terms) on partially restoring the Tournament Bridge, consolidating the castle ruins, planting trees, landscaping, making paths, creating a rockery and waterfall feature, etc.[35]

2008 restoration

The bridge partially dismantled and half way through hydrodemolition during renovation in May 2008.
The temporary earth dam in the Lugton Water.

The restoration of the Tournament Bridge involves a faithful and historic renovation of the Tournament Bridge, based on surviving documentary evidence. Historic Scotland requires a ‘faithful restoration where all details are replicated as closely as possible in terms of material, design and construction’.

Close up of a repair to the cracked cast iron.

The existing concrete arches are to be removed as is the infill above. The arches will be replaced with the existing refurbished cast iron arch sections and new cast iron fascia sections, which will restore the original width of the structure. A secondary stainless steel pedestrian parapet is to be provided immediately behind the ballustrading. The load bearing capacity of the bridge will be carried by a modern steel structure concealed beneath the deck surface which will be timber, as this was considered to be the original material.[36]

The current timber parapets will be replaced with cast iron sections to match the original items. All of the cast iron elements are to be fabricated and fitted by the Ballantine Bo'ness Iron Company to restore the splendour of the original structure.[37]

The restoration involved hydrodemolition to expose the cast iron arches through removing the concrete in which they had been embeded. This process used very high pressure water jets and confirmed the poor structural integrity of the iron arches. They were not however intended to be load bearing in the restored bridge and an upside was the degree of Gothic artwork found to exist on the arches.[28]

The estimated total project cost is £720k. Historic Scotland have indicated that they would be able to contribute some £161k, around £5k will be provided in kind, and the shortfall of £354k was the subject of the successful grant application to the Heritage Lottery Fund.[38]

2008 restoration gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Dobie, James (1876). Pont's Cuninghame Pub. John Tweed.
  2. ^ Millar, A. H. (1885). The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire.' Reprinted by The Grimsay Press (2004). ISBN 1-84530-019x. P. 74.
  3. ^ Historic gardens
  4. ^ Aikman, James (1839). An account of the tournament at Eglinton, revised and corrected by several of the knights : with a biographical notice of the Eglinton family to which is prefixed a sketch of chivalry and of the most remarkable Scottish tournaments. Pub. Edinburgh : H. Paton, Carver and Gilder. Facing P. 4.
  5. ^ Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. November 1839.
  6. ^ Stoddart, John (1801). Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners in Scotland during the years 1799 and 1800. Pub. William Miller, London. P. 313.
  7. ^ Anstruther, Ian (1986). The Knight and the Umbrella. An Account of the Eglinton Tournament 1839. Pub. Alan Sutton. Gloucester. ISBN 0-86299-302-4. P. III.
  8. ^ Ness, J. A. (1969 - 70). Landmarks of Kilwynnyng. Privately produced. P. 29.
  9. ^ Aitken, Robert (1829). The Parish Atlas of Ayrshire - Cunninghame. Pub. W. Ballantine. Edinburgh.
  10. ^ Close, Rob (1992), Ayrshire Buildings. Royal Incorporated Architects of Scotland. ISBN 1873-190-069. P. 64.
  11. ^ Ayrshire Roots
  12. ^ a b Aiton, William (1811). Extract from the General View of the Agriculture of Ayr.
  13. ^ Aiton, William (1811). Extract from the General View of the Agriculture of Ayr.
  14. ^ North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008
  15. ^ The Eglinton Tournament. Pub. Hodgson & Graves. London. 1840. P. 6.
  16. ^ Ker, Rev William Lee (1900). Kilwinning Pub. A. W. Cross, Kilwinning. P. 326.
  17. ^ Love, Dane (2003). Ayrshire: Discovering a County. Pub. Fort. Ayr. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9. P. 54.
  18. ^ Lauchlan, Roy (1989). Questions & Answers about the Montgomerie Family and the 1839 Tournaments. Pub. Kilwinning & District Preservation Society. P. 12.
  19. ^ Leighton, John M. (1850).Strath Clutha or the Beauties of the Clyde. Pub. Joseph Swan Engraver. Glasgow. Facing P. 229.
  20. ^ The Ayrshire Wreath MDCCCXLIII (1843): a collection of original pieces, in prose and verse, chiefly by native authors, on subjects relating to Ayrshire. Pub. H. Crawford & Son. Kilmarnock. Facing Title page.
  21. ^ Landscape of the Knights. The Eglinton Story. Rub. Irvine Development Corporation. 1992. P. 27.
  22. ^ The Eglinton Archive.
  23. ^ North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008
  24. ^ - Ashlar
  25. ^ a b - Vermiculate stonework Cite error: The named reference "Vermiculate" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  26. ^ North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008
  27. ^ The Ayrshire Wreath MDCCCXLIII (1843):a collection of original pieces, in prose and verse, chiefly by native authors, on subjects relating to Ayrshire. Pub. H. Crawford & son. Kilmarnock. Facing Title page
  28. ^ a b c North Ayrshire Council, Roads and Transportation services. 2008
  29. ^ a b Thomson, John (1828). A Map of the Northern Part of Ayrshire.
  30. ^ Roy, William (1747 - 55) Military Map of Scotland.
  31. ^ Landscape of the Knights. The Eglinton Story. Rub. Irvine Development Corporation. 1992. P. 27.
  32. ^ Montgomeries of Eglinton. Ayr Division. Strathclyde Department of Education. P. 94.
  33. ^ Landscape of the Knights. The Eglinton Story. Rub. Irvine Development Corporation. 1992. P. 12.
  34. ^ Sharp, Cameron (2007). Eglinton Country Park Management Plan for 2007 - 2011. North Ayrshire Council. P. 5.
  35. ^ Wilson, James (2008). Eglinton Archives - Written correspondence.
  36. ^ Minutes of North Ayrshire Council Executive Committee
  37. ^ The Irvine Herald, Friday 25th April, 2008. P. 10.
  38. ^ North Ayrshire Council minutes and the Tournament Bridge restoration