Kinbuck Bridge

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Kinbuck Bridge

Kinbuck Bridge is a category B listed structure in the hamlet of Kinbuck in Stirling.[1] The present structure is dated 1752.[2]

In 1715, after resting for the night in Kinbuck, 6,000 Jacobite troops crossed Kinbuck bridge over the River Allan on their way to fight the Hanoverians at the Battle of Sherrifmuir.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kinbuck Bridge over Allan Water: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. 
  2. ↑ "Kinbuck Bridge". CANMORE. RCAHMS. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
  3. ↑ Roberts, John Leonard (2002). The Jacobite wars: Scotland and the military campaigns of 1715 and 1745. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 978-1-902930-29-9. 

Coordinates: 56°13′32″N 3°57′04″W / 56.2256°N 3.9512°W / 56.2256; -3.9512


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