The Kinnel Bridge is a road bridge near the

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town of

Templand Templand is a village in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, located around northwest of Lockerbie. Templand was built during the Industrial Revolution, with the nearby Corncockle Quarry used for quarrying red sandstone to central Scotland and beyond. S ...

, in the council area of

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (; ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the no ...

. In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1988. Furthermore, the bridge together with the Todhillmuir Cottage forms a monument ensemble of category B.

History

Contracts have been received that demonstrate William Luckup's commitment to the construction of the bridge. A plaque embedded in the bridge, however, identifies John Frew as the builder. That Frew could have built the bridge according to a design by Luckup is given as a possible explanation. The work was completed in 1723. In 1821 the Kinnel Bridge was expanded. The work was carried out by John MacDonald, who had previously gained experience in bridge building with

Thomas Telford Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well ...

Description

The masonry viaduct, which is made of

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, is about one kilometer southeast of Templand. It leads the B7020 in three brick segment arches over the Kinnel Water. The two northern arches spanning the Kinnel Water have identical dimensions. The southern, overland arch is smaller. The pointed icebreakers are heavier on the west side. The design of the east side goes back to MacDonald's extensions from 1821. Unlike the bridge, the parapets are made of stone blocks.

References

{{reflist Road bridges in Scotland Category B listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway Buildings and structures completed in 1723 Stone bridges in Scotland Arch bridges in the United Kingdom