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Sorn Old Bridge

Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Sorn Old Bridge

Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) River Ayr

Canmore ID 43574

Site Number NS52NW 8

NGR NS 54966 26731

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Sorn
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS52NW 8 54966 26731

(NS 5496 2672) Sorn Old Bridge (NAT)

OS 6" map (1967)

Built in the early 18th century, this is a two-span bridge, with dress stone arch rings and rubble wing walls. The arches are nearly semicircular, and there are triangular cutwaters.

J R Hume 1976

As described and still in use.

Visited by OS (JRL) 14 October 1981.

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