Bridge on Old Military Road over Delavine Burn

Heritage listing

Date Added 04/03/2002 Type Secular: bridge Local Authority Aberdeenshire Parish Strathdon NGR NJ 28083 06914 Coordinates 328083, 806914 — The monument comprises the remains small mid-18th century bridge over the Delavine Burn on the line of the Old Military Road connecting Coupar Angus to Fort George. The road was built to connect Perth and Dundee with the, then, newly-built Fort George. Construction of the road began in 1748 under the aegis of Major Caulfield, with the section in question, Braemar to Corgarff, started in 1753. This section includes the impressive five-arched Invercauld Bridge, but the small single-arched bridge over the Delavine Burn is much more typical of bridge building associated with the military roads. The roadway, which is still used as an estate road, now bypasses the bridge. The area to be scheduled is rectangular in plan to include the bridge and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the monument may survive. The area has maximum dimensions of 25m E-W by 7m transversely, as marked in red on the attached map.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.