Monument record MHG10889 - Golspie Bridge

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 8404 0054 (23m by 13m)
Map sheet NC80SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish GOLSPIE

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NC80SW 12 8404 0054.
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The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900) - Sinclair B Calder, 1974

J Aitken : 19/2/2004
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(NC 8404 0054) The bridge over the burn at Golspie was the rallying place of the Sutherland clan, and on a parapet is an obelisk bearing the Gaelic inscription: "Morfhear Chatt/ do/ Cheann-na-Droichait big Gairn / Chlann Chattich / Nam Buadh". This means "The Chief of the Sutherland Clan to the head of the little bridge calls the Sutherland men of the victories."
D MacDonald, A Polson and J Brown 1931; Sutherland Country Guide nd.

The obelisk on the bridge (now disused) is as described above.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 January 1976.

The bridge was built about 1810. The obelisk was probably taken from an earlier "little bridge".
HBD (1967)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: MacDonald, Polson and Brown, D, A and J. {1931}. The book of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, Orkney and Shetland: descriptive, historical and antiquarian notes. 98.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Sutherland County Guide. nd.. Sutherland county guide book. 49.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Sinclair B Calder. 1974. The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900).

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Aug 31 2009 4:07PM

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