Moray HER - NJ56NW0046 - IRON BRIDGE, CULLEN

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Primary Reference	NJ56NW0046
Name	IRON BRIDGE, CULLEN
NRHE Card No.	NJ56NW6
NRHE Numlink	118295
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	2221
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 1
Details	Bridge dated to 1863. It is a single span cast iron basket arched girder bridge springing from rubble abutments. It has a cast iron girder with simple moulded detailing. There are small decorative cruciform drop pendants and quatrefoil detailing on spandrels. It has rubble abutments with short tooled ashlar parapets linking decorative cast iron trellis parapet. The approximate span is 36 feet, and the bridge crosses the Burn of Cullen, which forms the boundary between the Cullen and Rathven parishes.
Last Update	17/08/2017
Updated By	cpalmer

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National Grid Reference: NJ 5094 6572

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
BRIDGES	CAST-IRON	SINGLE-SPAN	A	100
BRIDGES	GIRDER	BASKET-ARCHED	B	100
ABUTMENTS	RUBBLE		C	100
PENDANTS		CRUCIFORM	D	100
SPANDRELS			E	100
PARAPETS	ASHLAR	TOOLED	F	100
TRELLISES	CAST-IRON	DECORATIVE	G	100