Brig o' Balgownie
(1320-present)

place and bridge

Aged 705

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

Brig o' Balgownie. This bridge, one of the oldest in Britain, was completed about 1320 supposedly at the behest of King Robert the Bruce. It has a gothic shaped arch with a clear span of some 12 metres and is built of a mixture of sandstone and granite. In 1605 it was almost totally rebuilt by the Town Council and at the same time a fund was established for its maintenance in perpetuity by Sir Alexander Hay of Whytburgh and Newton.

Brig o' Balgownie, Aberdeen, United Kingdom where it sited (1320)