Bridge Over Barlewan Burn
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Bridge Over Barlewan Burn
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 15 Mar 2016
There used to be a footpath from the B7023 crossing Barlewan Burn by this lovely little stone bridge but the speed of modern road traffic would make it dangerous to use nowadays. The existence of such a substantial bridge is consistent with the former local industries. There was a water-driven mill just upstream from here and the Burn was straightened by unemployed weavers from the nearby village of Crosshill after the end of the Napoleonic Wars to supply the lade for the old corn mill at Baird's Mill.
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Image Location
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55.338807
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-4.64904