Hermitage Bridge (Perth and Kinross)
Coordinates: 56 ° 33'26 " N , 3 ° 36'52" W.
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | Private way | |
| Subjugated | Braan | |
| place | near Birnam | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 1 | |
| completion | 1774 | |
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The Hermitage Bridge is a road bridge near the Scottish town of Birnam in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . In 1971 the bridge was included in the Scottish Monument List in the highest monument category A.
history
Dunkeld House was one of the outbuildings of the Dukes of Atholl , whose ancestral home is Blair Castle . John Murray , who later became the 3rd Duke of Atholl, developed the south-facing estate The Hermitage from 1758 and attached it to Dunkeld House. Among other things, the Hermitage Bridge was built there in 1774, which secured access to the property. It was a private path used by the nobleman and opened to the public when the property was handed over to the National Trust for Scotland .
description
The masonry viaduct spans the Braan around two kilometers southwest of its confluence with the Tay . The village of Birnam is about two kilometers to the east. The arch bridge was once closed with a gate, the pillars of which have been preserved. Your quarry stone masonry is grouted with mortar. The Hermitage Bridge spans the Braan with a single segment arch . A pedestrian path runs through the northern pillar. A doorway leads to the nearby Ossian's Hall .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Hermitage Bridge in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Hermitage Bridge in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database