Roman Bridge, Howford is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 February 1982. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Roman Bridge, Howford

WRENN ID
silver-bronze-sable
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 February 1982
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NJ 953 546
Coordinates
57.58174, -2.07983
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Roman Bridge at Howford, dated 1777, features a single segmental arch made of dressed voussoirs and base courses. The bridge has wide approaches that splay into the arch. However, the parapets are significantly ruined, and the western approach is partly collapsed.

Local climate

Roman Bridge, Howford receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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