River Dee, Ballater © Alan Findlay cc-by-sa/2.0

2008

NO3795 : River Dee, Ballater

River Dee, Ballater

View downstream from the Royal Bridge. Foundations of a previous bridge can be seen in the foreground.

Category: River

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · River Dee [28] · Royal Bridge [22] · Bridge over the River Dee [17] · Seen [6] Title Clusters: · River Dee, Ballater [4] ·

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Grid Square: NO3795, 175 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Alan Findlay (more nearby)
Date Taken: Monday, 30 June, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 3 July, 2008
Subject Location: OSGB36: NO 374 959 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:2.9941N 3:1.9799W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NO 372 956
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)

Image classification(about): Geograph

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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)