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Latitude: 54.8578 / 54°51'27"N
Longitude: -4.0392 / 4°2'20"W
OS Eastings: 269200
OS Northings: 553347
OS Grid: NX692533
Mapcode National: GBR 0D78.BF
Mapcode Global: WH4WB.X5R9
Plus Code: 9C6QVX56+48
Entry Name: Tongland Bridge
Listing Name: Tongland Bridge
Listing Date: 4 November 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 350983
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17125
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200350983
Location: Tongland
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Dee and Glenkens
Parish: Tongland
Tagged with: Road bridge
Built 1804-1808. The bridge is usually credited to Thomas Telford but there is evidence that Alexander Naysmith collaborated with the design. Main segmental central arch 110ft span approx, flanked by round full-height buttress towers with 3 narrow pointed arches each side.
Bull-faced granite masonry, arches with boldly rusticated voussoirs. Corbelled embattled parapet, buttresses serve as pedestrian refuges, splayed abutments and parapet.
De- scheduled 5 March 1996.
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