Stirling Bridge
The first bridge over the Forth at Stirling, and the scene of the Battle of 1297, was a timber structure approximately on the present site. The existing Old Brig dates from the early fifteenth century and is thus one of the oldest, as well as one of the most attractive, bridges in Scotland. It consists of four large round arches, that on the south having been rebuilt after its destruction by the Hanoverian forces in 1745. The piers have massive cutwaters, and the roadway rises steeply from each bank to the centre. Here the cutwaters were originally crowned by small towers, but these features, together with the gateways at either end of the Brig, were removed in the course of the eighteenth century. Adjoining the southern approach are some of the buildings of the old Brig Mills.
- Stirling Old Bridge is open to the public and is a few minutes’ walk from Orchard House Hospital.
- The additional photos of Stirling Old Bridge are taken from Wallace Monument The Official Guide, with Panoramic Maps, (6d.), by William Power. Third Edn., Booklet designed and printed by D. Pearson & Son, at The Sentinel Press, 9 Barnton Street, Stirling. Fifth Edn., printed for Stirling Town Council by Jamieson & Munro, Ltd., at the “Observer” Press, 40 Craigs, Stirling. [OFC Library]