Kinbuck Bridge or Bridge of Kinbuck is a
category B listed structure in the
hamlet
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of
Kinbuck
Kinbuck is a hamlet in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It lies by the Allan Water and the Stirling-Perth Railway line. It is four miles north of Dunblane.
Facilities
Despite a campaign to save it, Kinbuck Primary School was controversially closed in 19 ...
in
Stirling
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.
History
The present structure is dated 1752.
In 1715, after resting for the night in Kinbuck, 6,000
Jacobite troops crossed Kinbuck bridge over the
River Allan
The Allan Water ( gd, Uisge Alain) is a river in central Scotland. Rising in the Ochil Hills, it runs through Strathallan to Dunblane and Bridge of Allan before joining the River Forth. It is liable to cause floods in lower Bridge of Allan.
...
on their way to fight the
Hanoverians
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at the
Battle of Sherrifmuir.
Design
It has two spans, and the central
cutwater
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is protected by a concrete island.
[ The weight limit on the bridge is .]
References
External links
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Category B listed buildings in Stirling (council area)
Listed bridges in Scotland
Bridges completed in 1752