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Latitude: 55.8799 / 55°52'47"N
Longitude: -3.0702 / 3°4'12"W
OS Eastings: 333144
OS Northings: 665712
OS Grid: NT331657
Mapcode National: GBR 700G.31
Mapcode Global: WH6T1.TG5R
Plus Code: 9C7RVWHH+XW
Entry Name: Old Bridge, Newbattle
Listing Name: Newbattle, Newbattle Road, Old Bridge
Listing Date: 22 January 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 347943
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14568
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200347943
Location: Newbattle
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian East
Parish: Newbattle
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Road bridge
16th century. Coursed, tooled sandstone bridge. 2-span pointed-arched bridge with hoodmould. Triangular cutwaters. Curved refuge in upstream parapet, triangular refuge in downstream parapet. Tarmac road.
A-Group with Newbattle Abbey, Newbattle Abbey Policies Fernery, Grotto and Ice House, Lothian Burial Ground, Maiden Bridge, Monkland Wall, North and South Sundials, Port Lodge, Newbattle Road and Abbey Road Wall and Gatepiers, Lamb's Nursery, Archbishop Leighton's House, 1-5 Riverside Cottages, Newmills Road, Dalkeith Lodge in Dalkeith Burgh and The King's Gate in Cockpen Parish. A bridge appears on Laurie's 1763 Map and is named as Newbottle Bridge on Elphinstone's 1774 map. There were 2 armorial panels on the W side of the bridge, above each arch which are no longer visible. The bridge was replaced by a new adjacent bridge in 1956.
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