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Stirling Old Bridge is a medieval stone bridge spanning the River Forth at Stirling, constructed in the late fifteenth century. The bridge comprises a series of arches built in rubble stone and represents a significant feat of medieval engineering, providing an important crossing point on a major route through central Scotland. Its strategic location made it militarily and commercially significant throughout the medieval and early modern periods, and it remained in use as the principal bridge at Stirling until the construction of a new bridge in the nineteenth century. The structure survives substantially intact, though it has undergone repairs and modifications over the centuries to maintain its function and integrity.
Stirling Old Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90290. View the official record →
Stirling Old Bridge is a medieval stone bridge spanning the River Forth at Stirling, constructed in the late fifteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90290.
Stirling Old Bridge 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 SM90290.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Common Hill,homestead (7.1 km), Plean Cottages,palisaded enclosure 350m SSE of (7.5 km), Plean Farm,ring ditch 800m SE of (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stirling Old Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Stirling Old Bridge stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.