Stirling Old Bridge

The stone bridge was constructed on rubble foundations around 1500^[2] and replaced earlier wooden bridges, including that on which the Battle of Stirling Bridge was fought.

The bridge originally had arches at either end and a defensive gate at the end nearer the burgh. Tolls were levied on goods being taken across the bridge.^[3]: 114

In December 1745, Brigadier-General William Blakeney, the lieutenant governor of Stirling Castle, had one of the bridge arches destroyed to hinder the movement of the Jacobite Army.^[3]: 160 The destroyed arch was rebuilt in 1749.^[4][5]

In May 1833 the adjacent new road bridge was opened to traffic and the Old Bridge was closed to wheeled traffic.^{[1][3]: 196}

The bridge was designated as a scheduled monument in 1921.^[6]

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