Underneath the Arches © Stanley Howe cc-by-sa/2.0

2004

NO3795 : Underneath the Arches

Underneath the Arches

The River Dee, crossed by the Royal Bridge at Ballater

Category: River

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · River Dee [28] · Royal Bridge [22] · Bridge over the River Dee [17] ·

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Grid Square: NO3795, 175 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Stanley Howe (more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 11 July, 2004 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 14 October, 2006
Subject Location: OSGB36: NO 372 955 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:2.7766N 3:2.2013W

Image classification(about): Geograph

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NO3795 : Underneath the Arches NO3795 : River Dee, Ballater NO3795 : River Dee at Ballater NO3795 : Bridge over the River Dee, Ballater NO3795 : Ballater 'Royal Bridge'

Just downstream (northeast) of the 'Royal Bridge' there are three 'islets' in positions that suggest they could have been the foundations of the first stone bridge of 1783. That was 100yards downstream of the present bridge, but was destroyed by floods in 1789. Or is there another explanation for the position of the three islands in line with the current bridge supports?

Posted by Stan on Fri, 20 Jul 2012 (0 comments)