[MR] BBC: Remains of 14th C. Bridge Found in Scotland

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends, Especially Fellow Scots,

Today the BBC has a brief illustrated story on the remains of a 14th
century bridge found near Ancrum in the Scottish Lowlands. The wooden
bridge spanned the River Teviot. The original bridge carried the King's
Road, or Via Regia, which stretched between Edinburgh and the important
monastic center and town of Jedburgh.

Dating of the oak timbers has fixed the date to the early 1300s. This was
the period of the Second War of Scottish Independence when Edward III of
England tried another puppet king, Edward Balliol, on the Scottish throne.
It is thought the wooden bridge was still standing and would have been used
by Mary Queen of Scots during her brief reign:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-54719266 .

Today a lovely stone bridge crosses the Teviot in almost the same location.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆