Sean Spittal Bridge is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 November 1989. Bridge.

Sean Spittal Bridge

WRENN ID
cold-cobble-sienna
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 November 1989
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NO 148 800
Coordinates
56.90359, -3.39936
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Sean Spittal Bridge, built around 1745, is a straightforward single-arched military road bridge constructed from coursed granite rubble. It does not have a parapet, which was removed in 1988.

Local climate

Sean Spittal Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 95 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 71 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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