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Bridge on Old Military Road over Delavine Burn is a stone bridge crossing the Delavine Burn in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The bridge forms part of the network of military roads constructed in the Scottish Highlands during the eighteenth century, particularly following the Jacobite risings, as part of the strategic infrastructure developed to facilitate troop movement and military control across the region. The structure exemplifies the practical engineering of the period, constructed in dressed or rubble stone to span the watercourse. Such bridges represent an important category of military-era monuments documenting the post-1745 pacification and infrastructure development of the Highlands.
Bridge on Old Military Road over Delavine Burn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10388. View the official record →
Bridge on Old Military Road over Delavine Burn is a stone bridge crossing the Delavine Burn in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10388.
Bridge on Old Military Road over Delavine Burn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM10388.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bridge on Old Military Road over Allt Damh Burn (1.1 km), Bridge on Old Military Road over Burn of Tornahaish (1.1 km), Delachuper, farmstead 310m N of (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bridge on Old Military Road over Delavine Burn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bridge on Old Military Road over Delavine Burn stands on Appin Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is graphitic pelite, calcareous pelite, calcsilicate-rock and psammite.