Bothwell Bridge

Bothwell Bridge
Lanarkshire
Bothwell Bridge
Location
Carrying:	B7071 road
Crossing:	River Clyde
Location
Grid reference:	NS71085777
Location:	55°47’45"N, 4°3’28"W
Structure
History
Information

Bothwell Bridge crosses the River Clyde at Bothwell in Lanarkshire. Once the main road, it now carries the local B7071 road: it has since been bypassed by the New Bothwell Bridge which stands beside it, immediately upstream.

There is believed to have been a bridge crossing the Clyde here since the 14th century, and Bothwell Bridge is frequently attributed to this period, though a new bridge was built in the seventeenth century, and the structure currently standing appears to be late Georgian.

On 22 June 1679, armed Covenanters clashed with government forces here, at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. The forces of the Crown were victorious, which effectively ended the Covenanters' rebellion.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bothwell Bridge)

• The Bothwell Bridge on SABRE
• Bothwell Bridge – an odd feature: The Blantyre Project
• Scottish Covenanters Association: Bothwell Bridge