Bridge of Avon

{{Short description|Bridge in Moray, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox bridge | name = Bridge of Avon | native_name = | image = Bridge of Avon in Summer sunshine. - geograph.org.uk - 180694.jpg | alt = | caption = The Bridge of Avon at Ballindalloch | coordinates = {{Coord|57.40600|-3.36089|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = | carries = Pedestrians (formerly road traffic) | crosses = River Avon | locale = | other_name = | named_for = | owner = | maint = | website = | preceded = | followed = | design = | material = Masonry | length = | width = | height = | mainspan = | number_spans = | designer = George Burn | built = | begin = 1800 | complete = 1801 | cost = | opened = | inaugurated = | rebuilt = | collapsed = | destroyed = | closed = | demolished = | replaces = | replaced_by = | extra = {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Category A Listed Building | designation1_offname = Ballindalloch, Bridge of Avon Over River Avon | designation1_date = 22 February 1972 | designation1_number = {{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB8462|short=yes}} }} }}

The '''Bridge of Avon''' is a bridge over the River Avon at Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland, built between 1800 and 1801 by George Burn.<ref name="DSABridge">{{cite web |title=Basic Site Details - Bridge of Avon |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=422302 |website=Dictionary of Scottish Architects |publisher=Dictionary of Scottish Architects |accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="CANMORE">{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |desc=Bridge-End, Old Bridge Of Avon |num=16001 |num2=NJ13NE 21 |access-date=20 June 2025}}</ref> The bridge is mainly rubble-built, with an abutment on the south bank, and a pier with a cutwater on the north bank, of tooled ashlar.<ref name="Hist Env Scot">{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB8462|desc=Ballindalloch, Bridge of Avon over River Avon|cat=A|fewer-links=yes|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> It crosses the river in a single wide segmental arch, with a smaller flood arch on the north bank.<ref name="Pevsner">{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=David W. |last2=Woodworth |first2=Matthew |title=The Buildings of Scotland - Aberdeenshire: North and Moray |date=2015 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=9780300204285 |pages=473–474}}</ref>

The south spandrel bears two plaques. The upper plaque records the date of the bridge's construction and its architect's name, and the lower plaque records the height reached by the waters in the catastrophic floods of 4 August 1829, known as the Muckle Spate,<ref name="Pevsner" /> which destroyed numerous other bridges in Moray.<ref name="PevsnerMS">{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=David W. |last2=Woodworth |first2=Matthew |title=The Buildings of Scotland - Aberdeenshire: North and Moray |date=2015 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=9780300204285 |page=452}}</ref>

The bridge was designated a Category A listed building in 1972.<ref name="Hist Env Scot" /> It is no longer open to vehicular traffic, having been bypassed in 1991 by a modern concrete structure that now carries the A95 over the river, but can still be used by pedestrians.<ref name="CANMORE" />

==See also== *List of bridges in Scotland

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Category:Bridges in Moray Category:Bridges across the River Avon, Strathspey Category:Stone bridges in Scotland Category:Arch bridges in Scotland Category:Pedestrian bridges in Scotland Category:Category A listed bridges Category:Category A listed buildings in Moray