Angus HER - NO34NE0105 - GLAMIS CASTLE NORTH BRIDGE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO34NE0105
Name	GLAMIS CASTLE NORTH BRIDGE
NMRS Card No.	NO34NE1
NMRS Numlink	166061
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Single segmental-arched picturesque bridge over Dean Water with a small round-headed arch to the north, built in 1866 by W and R Blackadder, engineers. Constructed of squared rubble with rusticated voussoirs, a roll-moulded string course, moulded ashlar coping and curved and battlemented at the approaches. At the central arch string course at the base of the parapet is an inset panel inscribed 'AS 1866 ES' with a coronet. There are flanking battlemented piers, each with a spout to the centre at the string course. The bridge connects the designed landscape (NO34NE0088) and Glamis Castle (NO34NE0001) to the walled garden (NO34NE0129) to the northeast.
Last Update	14/06/2019

National Grid Reference: NO 3866 4845

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

Compiler	JN
Date of Compilation	15/03/2018

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

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Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
BRIDGES		SINGLE-ARCHED	A	100
ARCHES	SEGMENTAL		B	100
VOUSSOIRS		RUSTICATED	C	100
PARAPETS		CRENELLATED	D	100
DATESTONES			E	100
PIERS		CRENELLATED	F	100
PANELS	INSET	INSCRIBED	G	100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Glamis
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	1-5m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, regularly visited by public, easy access.
Altitude	60
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	W
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Bridge
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Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
19th Century	A	100		1905
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	B	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Built 1866. Listed 11/06/1971

Architect Details

Architect Details

W and R Blackadder, engineers.

Maritime Archaeology

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