Alternative Names River Calder
Site type ROAD BRIDGE
Canmore ID 42164
Site Number NS35NW 2
NGR NS 34873 59338
Council RENFREWSHIRE
Parish LOCHWINNOCH
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District RENFREW
Former County RENFREWSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS35NW 2 34873 59338.

(NS 34873 59338) Bridgend Bridge (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)

The arch of Bridgend Bridge "of elegant masonry work and worthy of notice on account of its antiquity", was repaired and widened in 1814. It is mentioned by Montgomery of Westlands in 1650. The previous existence of a bridge here in 1525 can be inferred from a rental of Paisley Abbey, and in 1626, from a charter of James VI. Nothing definite is known of its origin.
NSA 1845 (R Smith)

No significant feature of antiquity is now discernible in this small, single-arched bridge in dressed stone. The 19th century and later alterations probably conceal all earlier work.
Visited by OS (WW) 27 July 1955

NSA (1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy, 15v Edinburgh
Page(s): Vol.7 (Renfrew), 96-7 Held at RCAHMS B.2.2.STA