Bow Bridge, River Lossie, Old Mills Road, Elgin is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 August 1981. Bridge.

Bow Bridge, River Lossie, Old Mills Road, Elgin

WRENN ID
fallow-bonework-jay
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 August 1981
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NJ 203 632
Coordinates
57.65207, -3.33646
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Bow Bridge, located over the River Lossie on Old Mills Road in Elgin, was built between 1630 and 1635 and remodeled in 1789. It is a single span arched bridge constructed of rubble with a dressed stone arch ring and coping. The foundations and side walls are original, while the arch has been remodeled.

Local climate

Bow Bridge, River Lossie, Old Mills Road, Elgin 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 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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