Earl John Bridge, Glamis Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Bridge.

Earl John Bridge, Glamis Castle

WRENN ID
drifting-beam-ridge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NO 383 480
Coordinates
56.61989, -3.00697
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Earl John Bridge at Glamis Castle is a single segmentally-arched hump bridge dated 1697, spanning Dean Water. The bridge is constructed from rubble with dressed voussoirs and features chamfered ashlar coping. It is 8 feet wide between the parapets, which include an inset panel inscribed with 'E C' 'JS 1697 ES'.

Local climate

Earl John Bridge, Glamis Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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