Kilmahog Bridge

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Stirling Planning Authority Stirling Parish Callander National Park Loch Lomond And The Trossachs NGR NN 60817 08264 Coordinates 260817, 708264 — Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority Kilmahog Bridge is a 2 arch, rubble bridge over the Garbh Uisge, just to the E of the Falls of Leny, dated 1777 and built by the mason Peter McInnes from Crieff. Built under the instruction of the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates as part of an improvement scheme to the forfeited estate of the Duke of Perth, Strathgartney Barony, after the 1745 Jacobite uprising. A good example of a well preserved later 18th century bridge. 2 segmental arches with vertically set narrow voussoirs separated by a pointed, piended cutwater. 2 shallow, sloped buttresses flank the arches on the SE face. Corniced ashlar date plaque to NW face. Random rubble abutment and parapet. Mid to late 20th century iron railings to parapet. Modern (late 20th century) tarmac road surface. Materials Random rubble with squared rubble voussoirs and cutwaters. — Kilmahog Bridge was built as part of the improvements to the Barony of Strathgartney which were proposed by John Leslie in his 1775 report on behalf of the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates. In his observations on the estate, Leslie suggests the construction of a bridge either at Gartchonzie or Kilmahog to improve communications, having earlier in the report already suggested a bridge at Gartchonzie. Both bridges were built, and a contract, dated October 21st 1777, was drawn up between James Small (factor of the Perth Estate on behalf of the Commissioners for Forfeited Estates) and Peter McInnes (a Mason in Crieff) for McInnes to build Kilmahog bridge and another of similar design at Gartchonzie (see

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.