Kinbuck Bridge
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Kinbuck Bridge is a category B listed structure in the village of Kinbuck
in Stirlingshire
. The present structure is dated 1752.
In 1715, after resting for the night in Kinbuck, 6,000 Jacobite
troops crossed Kinbuck bridge over the River Allan on their way to fight the Hanoverians at the Battle of Sherrifmuir.
Kinbuck
Kinbuck is a Hamlet in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It lies by the Allan Water and the Stirling-Perth Railway line. It is four miles north of Dunblane. The primary school closed in 1998 and is now used as a community centre...
in Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
. The present structure is dated 1752.
In 1715, after resting for the night in Kinbuck, 6,000 Jacobite
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
troops crossed Kinbuck bridge over the River Allan on their way to fight the Hanoverians at the Battle of Sherrifmuir.