Tannahill's Bridge

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 14 Sep 2017

The bridge leads over the old Paisley Canal. The overgrowth conceals the fact that it is blocked off not far ahead, probably because of recent building work on the other side of the canal. The street on this side is called the Moorings. The bridge is depicted on the first-edition map, surveyed in 1858. It is named after local poet Robert Tannahill; specifically, from its proximity to Tannahill's Hole, the place where the poet's body was found in 1810. There was a deep basin in the Candren Burn there, beside the point where a culvert took the burn under the Paisley Canal; on the approach, the burn was higher than the canal, but it was made to drop by means of an artificial waterfall. The location of Tannahill's Hole is just a few metres to the ESE along the canal. It is out of shot to the right, but was, in any case, hidden by the dense vegetation; also, the area is much changed from Tannahill's day. See also Image / https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/16616 (Robert Tannahill's Cottage) / https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/9224 (Robert Tannahill's Grave).

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