Kenmore Bridge
Coordinates: 56 ° 35 ′ 8 ″ N , 4 ° 0 ′ 7 ″ W.
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | A827 | |
| Subjugated | Tay | |
| place | Kenmore | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 7th | |
| completion | 1774 | |
| planner | John Baxter | |
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The Kenmore Bridge is a road bridge in the Scottish village of Kenmore in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . In 1971 the bridge was included in the Scottish Monument List in the highest monument category A. A former additional classification as a Scheduled Monument was lifted in 2012.
description
The masonry viaduct was completed in 1774. As a designer draws John Baxter responsible. Architectural details suggest that Baxter was assisted in the planning by John Smeaton . The cost of construction was around £ 480. The Kenmore Bridge is today largely in its original state. Today the A827 leads over the river.
The Kenmore Bridge stands in the middle of the village of Kenmore. It spans the Tay shortly after it flows out of Loch Tay . The stone arch bridge spans the river with seven arches, with the indication of three arches in the literature. The three main arches are brick-lined segment arches with ornamented keystones that span the Tay. On both sides, however, there are a total of four more, significantly smaller round arches , two of which run over land and are intended to reduce the water pressure on the bridge during floods. In the spandrels, ring-shaped openings pierce the stone masonry . Icebreakers emerge from the pillars .
The bridge bears the inscription: "THIS BUILDING ERECTED AD1774 / HIS MAIESTY / GAVE IN AID TO IT OUT OF THE ANNEXED / ESTATES L1000 STR / VIATOR / TUTO TRANSEAS / SIS MEMOR / REGI BENEFICI."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Kenmore Bridge in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Kenmore Bridge in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database