Buckhood Bridge - Angus, Scotland
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N 56° 45.555 W 003° 03.616
30V E 496315 N 6290588
Single-arch bridge carrying the narrow public road on the way up Glen Prosen, over the Burn of Glencally.
Waymark Code: WMX0R4
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/09/2017
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Glen Prosen is one of the Angus glens that eat their way north-westwards into the foothills of the Grampian Mountains in eastern Scotland. Two narrow minor roads head up the glen on high ground on either side, before meeting halfway up the glen. The road on the eastern side, after three miles, reaches an offshoot of another glen called Glen Cally, and just before a hairpin bend in the road, crosses the Burn of Glencally.
Appearing on the earliest Ordnance Survey maps in 1846, the bridge was rebuilt in 1898. It is rubble-built with a semi-circular arch. Later buttresses flank the archway and the low parapet is coped with squared rubble. The bridge takes its name from the nearby farmstead of Buckhood which is a few hundred yards along the road from the bridge.
Length of bridge: 50 feet
Height of bridge: 25 feet
What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Motor vehicles
What kind of gap does this bridge cross?:
River (Burn)
Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes
Name of road or trail the bridge services: Unclassified road up Glen Prosen
Location:
Glen Cally, Angus.
Date constructed: Not listed
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