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Latitude: 55.0682 / 55°4'5"N
Longitude: -3.6162 / 3°36'58"W
OS Eastings: 296887
OS Northings: 576048
OS Grid: NX968760
Mapcode National: GBR 395V.W0
Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.FW71
Entry Name: Dumfries Old Bridge
Scheduled Date: 9 February 1923
Last Amended: 20 November 1969
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM715
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: bridge
Location: Dumfries
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Nith
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
Robert Adam, dated 1775; possibly carved by Giuseppe Ceracchi. Freestanding, trapezoid-shaped monument of polished sandstone ashlar with a pedimented, classical aedicule framing a round arch alcove with a sorrowing marble figurative statue (left arm missing [seen in 2016]) leaning on an urn. There is a carved circular crest with family arms and motto above the figure and below is a marble panel inset with inscribed epitaph. Surrounding the monument is a low ashlar coped wall. The monument is sited within a steep-sided, wooded ravine beside the Kel Burn which passes over a 6 metre high waterfall into a natural pool below the monument.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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