Victoria Bridge, Mar Lodge Estate

Victoria Bridge is the white painted iron bridge on Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Description

Built in 1905, Victoria Bridge is classed as a Category B structure.[1]

Victoria Bridge crosses the River Dee linking the drive to Mar Lodge with the public road between Braemar and Linn of Dee.

At the public road end there is a gate and a gate house that was occupied by a Gatekeeper when Mar Lodge Estate was owned by the Duffs. An archway on the bridge carries the inscriptions Edward VII, 1905 and Queen Victoria, 1848.

See also

References

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  1. "MAR LODGE VICTORIA BRIDGE (Ref:3002)". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

Coordinates: 56°59′19″N 3°28′44″W / 56.98861°N 3.47889°W / 56.98861; -3.47889


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