Devorgilla Bridge, Dumfries
Image taken : 2011-03-21 - 08:45, Canon EOS 40D, EF-S 17-85mm F/4-5.6 IS USM @ 17.00mm, 1/25sec, f18, ISO400.
Around 1260 a wooden bridge was built in Dumfries to cross the Nith. This was after Dervorguilla de Balliol , Mother of the Scottish king John Balliol and founder of Sweetheart Abbey, as Devorgilla Bridge referred. The oldest fragments of today's bridge date from the early 1430s. Presumably it was completed in 1432.
After a flood destroyed the arch bridge in 1619, today's bridge was built using the preserved fragments. At this point the bridge spanned the Nith with nine arches. Fruitful measures to reclaim land on the east bank, on the old town side, led to the eastern arches running over land. For this reason, three arches were gradually removed between 1794 and 1825, resulting in today's six-arched viaduct. After further bridges were built as Dumfries grew, the narrow Devorgilla Bridge was closed to motor vehicles and is now only used as a pedestrian bridge.
The note above(translated) is taken from the Wikipedia article "Devorgilla Bridge", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
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Around 1260 a wooden bridge was built in Dumfries to cross the Nith. This was after Dervorguilla de Balliol , Mother of the Scottish king John Balliol and founder of Sweetheart Abbey, as Devorgilla Bridge referred. The oldest fragments of today's bridge date from the early 1430s. Presumably it was completed in 1432.
After a flood destroyed the arch bridge in 1619, today's bridge was built using the preserved fragments. At this point the bridge spanned the Nith with nine arches. Fruitful measures to reclaim land on the east bank, on the old town side, led to the eastern arches running over land. For this reason, three arches were gradually removed between 1794 and 1825, resulting in today's six-arched viaduct. After further bridges were built as Dumfries grew, the narrow Devorgilla Bridge was closed to motor vehicles and is now only used as a pedestrian bridge.
The note above(translated) is taken from the Wikipedia article "Devorgilla Bridge", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Check map position at Devorgilla Bridge (Opens in new window)