"Bridge over Tweed, Tweedsmuir"

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Jul 1951
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Tweedsmuir Bridge over Tweed'. View of stone single-arch bridge over a ravine.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Jul 1951
Subject place
Tweedsmuir/Scottish Borders
Subject notes
Bridges built of stone were based on arches as the only way in which a span could be created. It was possible for the roadway to be level, however. Where there was no bridge, carts, horses and pedestrians had to cross rivers by a ford. Sometimes pedestrians could use stepping stones. How soon a river was bridged depended on local finances until the construction of military roads and turnpikes in the18th and 19th centuries.
Accession number
P39558

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