Bridge Over River Earn, St Fillans

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Perth And Kinross Planning Authority Perth And Kinross Parish Comrie National Park Loch Lomond And The Trossachs NGR NN 70242 24138 Coordinates 270242, 724138 — Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority This bridge, probably of the late 18th century, spans the Earn east of St Fillans. It is a good example of a bridge of the period, unaltered and in good condition. 2-span bridge, with one principal segmental arch over the main body of the river and a secondary minor arch to the N. Entirely rubble-built, humped in profile with battered and splayed cutwaters between the principal and the minor arch. Strengthening buttress on the S end of the of the E side. Curved approaches with scrolled ends - rubble parapet walls with semicircular copes. A lower parapet over the centre is clearly visible in the stonework. — Stewart family records note a contract to erect a bridge at Dundurn in 1779. This bridge appears to have served the mill and farm at Dundurn and the farms along the S shore of Loch Earn. Early 19th century maps only show the bridge but do not show a road on the S side of the loch. The principal road to Ardvorlich was from the W.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.