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Queen Mary's Bridge, Penkiln Burn, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart

A Category B Listed Building in Minnigaff, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9718 / 54°58'18"N

Longitude: -4.4805 / 4°28'49"W

OS Eastings: 241327

OS Northings: 566943

OS Grid: NX413669

Mapcode National: GBR 4H.XST7

Mapcode Global: WH3TF.49QD

Plus Code: 9C6QXGC9+PR

Entry Name: Queen Mary's Bridge, Penkiln Burn, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart

Listing Name: Queen Mary's Bridge

Listing Date: 4 November 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 353648

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB19319

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Newton Stewart, Minnigaff, Penkiln Burn, Queen Mary's Bridge

ID on this website: 200353648

Location: Minnigaff

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Parish: Minnigaff

Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire

Tagged with: Bridge Footbridge

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Description

16th century in origin; 18th century; rebuilt circa 1960. Footbridge over Penkiln Burn, on E-W axis. Double span, with semicircular arches; overflow arch to W smaller. Rubble. Rubble voussoirs. Arches spring from natural rock. Massive cutwater buttress to N. Modern handrail with rubble piers and concrete coping. Adjoined to Cumloden Waulkmill (see separate listing) to NE; rubble walls adjoined to S.

Statement of Interest

Queen Mary's Bridge supposedly takes it name from the tradition that Mary Queen of Scots crossed it during her royal progress in 1563. The Bridge is actually called "Penkill Old Bridge" on the OS Map of 1849. The parapets of the bridge were swept away in a flood in circa 1960.

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