Dairsie Bridge
Coordinates: 56 ° 20 ′ 1 ″ N , 2 ° 56 ′ 47 ″ W.
| Dairsie Bridge | ||
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | Back road | |
| Subjugated | Eden | |
| place | near dairy | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| overall length | 29.8 m | |
| width | 3.5 m | |
| Number of openings | 3 | |
| construction time | 16th Century | |
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The Dairsie Bridge is a road bridge near the Scottish town of Dairsie in the Council Area Fife . In 1974 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. A former additional classification as a Scheduled Monument was lifted in 2016.
history
It is very likely that there was a previous structure at the site. This emerges from a record which says that the king (who was then reigning Jacob IV ) used the bridge on his way from St Andrews to Stirling on a summer day in 1496 . Today's Dairsie Bridge was probably built by James Beaton during his tenure as Archbishop of St Andrews (1522-1538).
description
The 29.8 m long and 3.5 m wide arch bridge spans the Eden with three brick-lined segment arches , one of which leads over land. The Dairsie Bridge runs a back road between Dairsie and Kemback near the Dairsie Old Church and Dairsie Castle . Its masonry shows the coat of arms of John Beaton in an ornamented frame. On the west side, one of the bridge piers is equipped with a sharp icebreaker .
Web links
- Entry on Dairsie Bridge in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Dairsie Bridge in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)