Sluice Bridges, Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Canal is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. Bridge.

Sluice Bridges, Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Canal

WRENN ID
muted-hammer-thunder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NJ 778 203
Coordinates
57.27353, -2.36965
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Sluice Bridges at Port Elphinstone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, were designed by John Rennie and built between 1796 and 1805. The structure features one larger segmental arch equipped with sluices, alongside a smaller arch made with iron plated voussoirs. There is also a small arch with remnants of a sluice positioned at right angles. The bridges are constructed from block granite ashlar.

Local climate

Sluice Bridges, Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Canal receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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