MHG10889 - Golspie Bridge
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Type and Period (1)
- BRIDGE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
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Full Description
NC80SW 12 8404 0054.
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The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900) - Sinclair B Calder, 1974
J Aitken : 19/2/2004
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(NC 8404 0054) The bridge over the burn at Golspie was the rallying place of the Sutherland clan, and on a parapet is an obelisk bearing the Gaelic inscription: "Morfhear Chatt/ do/ Cheann-na-Droichait big Gairn / Chlann Chattich / Nam Buadh". This means "The Chief of the Sutherland Clan to the head of the little bridge calls the Sutherland men of the victories."
D MacDonald, A Polson and J Brown 1931; Sutherland Country Guide nd.
The obelisk on the bridge (now disused) is as described above.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 January 1976.
The bridge was built about 1810. The obelisk was probably taken from an earlier "little bridge".
HBD (1967)
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2437 Text/Publication/Volume: MacDonald, Polson and Brown, D, A and J. {1931}. The book of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, Orkney and Shetland: descriptive, historical and antiquarian notes. 98.
- --- SHG2840 Text/Publication/Volume: Sutherland County Guide. nd.. Sutherland county guide book. 49.
- --- SHG364 Text/Manuscript: Calder, Sinclair B.. 1974. The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland: A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900. The University of Strathclyde.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 8404 0054 (23m by 13m) (2 map features) |
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| Map sheet | NC80SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | GOLSPIE |
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External Links (3)
- http://kweimar.de/Bilder_XML.php?ket=HL054 (View more information on this bridge from a website about Highland Bridges)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB7060 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/6563 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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