Canongate Bridge, Jedburgh, Borders

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Jun 1956
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Jedburgh. Arch of Old Canongate Bridge'. View of an arch of a stone bridge. The river is low and there is a path under the bridge.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Jun 1956
Subject place
Jedburgh/Scottish Borders
Subject notes
Canongate Bridge was the main entrance to Jedburgh, leading to the Canongate. Canongate Port, a fortified entranceway, was at the end of the bridge. Where there was no bridge, carts, horses and pedestrians had to cross rivers by a ford. 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
P39867

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