Aberdeenshire HER - NO66NE0012 - MARYKIRK BRIDGE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO66NE0012
Name	MARYKIRK BRIDGE
NMRS Card No.	NO66SE21
NMRS Numlink	36017
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 1
Details	Road bridge, still in use, carrying the public road over the River North Esk. The bridge is one of Robert Stevenson's first bridges to be built, and was constructed between 1811 and 1814. It is a very handsome 4 span bridge, with segmental arches of 58ft span (17.67m). It is stone built, with massive dressed stone arch rings and coursed rubble spandrels and wing walls. It has fine channelled, rounded, ashlar pier-cutwaters, voussoirs alternately raised in hood-mould, and recessed oculi at the spandrels between the spans. Also known as the North Water Bridge. Crosses the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Angus Council areas (see NO66NE0021 in Angus HER).
Last Update	26/01/2022

National Grid Reference: NO 6861 6502

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

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Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
BRIDGES	ROAD	FOUR-SPAN	A	100
ARCHES	SEGMENTAL		B	100
CUTWATERS		ROUNDED	C	100
SPANDRELS	RUBBLE	COURSED	D	100
WALLS	WING		E	100
VOUSSOIRS			F	100
ARCHES	STONE	DRESSED	G	100
OCCULII		RECESSED	H	100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category A

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance
Local Government Guardianship

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS-GR-13-06-530 - 533	Ground	Digital	14/06/2013

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
02265	BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL & HISTORICAL INTEREST						MARYKIRK 7		1972

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Marykirk
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	5-10m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	1:501 - 1:1250
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	A public monument, open all hours (free).
Altitude	25
Geology
Topography	River Bank
Aspect 1	SE,NW
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Public Use
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology	Y

Measurements

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Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100
19th Century	B	100		1904

Period Notes

Period Notes

Built 1811-4.

Architect Details

Architect Details

Robert Stevenson.

Maritime Archaeology

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