Bridge, Newton Burn

Heritage listing

Date Added 10/11/2020 Type Secular: bridge; road Local Authority Perth And Kinross Parish Fowlis Wester NGR NN 88925 31837 Coordinates 288925, 731837 — The monument comprises a bridge and section of engineered military road, likely to date to around 1730. The bridge survives as a stone built single arched structure and the road survives as a partially obscured metalled surface in moorland at around 290m above sea level. This section is part of a longer branch of an 18th century military road which connected Crieff with Aberfeldy. The bridge is a simple, single arched military bridge crossing the Newton Burn. It is constructed of rubble with coarsely worked voussoirs forming the arch of the bridge. The flat carriageway is roughly metalled with no parapets. The bridge is sprung from the bedrock on either side of the burn. The section of road is approximately 1800m long by 3m to 5m wide and includes evidence of the cobbled road surface and underlying deposits as well as parallel construction ditches, drains, terracing and cutting and levelling of landscape. There are also number of large upright boulders located either side of the carriageway, especially in the southern section near the bridge, which are likely to have marked the route of the road. The scheduled area is irregular. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument s construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. Excluded from the schedule are the timber lined surface drains at the bridge and any post and wire fences and gates by the bridge and along the military road.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.