Old Bridge Of Livet, River Livet, Bridgend Of Livet is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 November 1987.
Old Bridge Of Livet, River Livet, Bridgend Of Livet
- WRENN ID
- knotted-keep-peregrine
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1987
- OS grid reference
- NJ 197 300
- Coordinates
- 57.35428, -3.33614
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Bridge of Livet, likely dating from the early 18th century, spans the River Livet at Bridgend of Livet. It comprises two independent humpback arches. Each arch springs from and is divided by a natural rocky outcrop within the river. The primary arch is a high, semi-circular rubble arch, featuring a turfed surface, with a similar secondary segmental arch below. The larger arch has an approximate span of 25 to 30 feet, while the smaller arch spans approximately 15 feet. Local tradition attributes the bridge's construction to either the Duke of Gordon or the Marquis of Huntly. The bridge was damaged in the floods of 1829, at which time a third arch was destroyed. In 1985, the bridge surface was re-turfed and a picnic site was established nearby. Historical sources mentioning the bridge include The Statistical Account (1794), Thomas Dick Lauder's An Account of the Great Floods of August 1829 (1830), and the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland (c. 1858).
Local climate
Old Bridge Of Livet, River Livet, Bridgend Of Livet sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 74 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 56 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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