Devorgilla Bridge

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Coordinates: 55 ° 4 ′ 5 "  N , 3 ° 36 ′ 58"  W.

Devorgilla Bridge
Devorgilla Bridge
Devorgilla Bridge
use footbridge
Subjugated Nith
place Dumfries
construction Stone arch bridge
width 4.3 m
Number of openings 6th
start of building around 1430; 1620
location
Devorgilla Bridge (Scotland)
Devorgilla Bridge

The Devorgilla Bridge or Dumfries Old Bridge is a former road bridge in the Scottish city ​​of Dumfries in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . The structure, which is now only used by pedestrians, was included in the Scottish monument lists in 1961 in the highest monument category A. The bridge is also classified as a Scheduled Monument .

The viaduct is made of red sandstone and spans the Nith in six round arches .

history

Around 1260 a wooden bridge was built in Dumfries to cross the Nith. This was after Dervorguilla de Balliol , Mother of the Scottish king John Balliol and founder of Sweetheart Abbey , as Devorgilla Bridge referred. The oldest fragments of the current bridge date from the early 1430s. Presumably it was completed in 1432.

After a flood destroyed the arch bridge in 1619, today's bridge was built using the preserved fragments. At this point the bridge spanned the Nith with nine arches. Fruitful measures for land reclamation on the left, the east bank on the old town side, led to the eastern arches running over land. For this reason, three arches were gradually removed between 1794 and 1825, resulting in today's six-arch viaduct. After further bridges were built as Dumfries grew, the narrow Devorgilla Bridge was closed to motor vehicles and is now only used as a pedestrian bridge.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Devorgilla Bridge  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Web links

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