IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Firs Crescent, STIRLING, FK7 0AQ

The steep sided gorge called the Dryfield that the Bannock flows through from Milton ends beyond the trees and the river enters the flat lands of the carse on its way to the Forth.

Telford's bridge taking the A9 across the valley of the Bannock.

The building (now a house) on the right was almost certainly part of a carpet factory called the Skeoch Mill on this site and depicted on the First Edition of the O.S. map [Stirling Sheet XVII.12 St. Ninians] surveyed in 1860.

The bridge is in a path from Old Town to Ladeside.

View across the bridge to the brae which leads to the Main Street of the village.

Spittal's Bridge in the old town of Bannockburn spans the Bannock Burn and has an overall length of 158 feet, including the approaches. It consists of a single segmental arch which has a span of 33ft 10 inches and rises to a height of 14 feet 7 inches. A panel, set within a moulded border, is placed over the crown of the arch on the west side of the bridge bears the following inscription: THIS BRIDGE WAS/BUILT BY ROBERT/SPITTAL TAYLOR/TO KING JAMES/ THE FOURTH 1516/ PRO PATRIA/ ET POSTERIS/ REPAIRED BY THE JU/STICES OF PEACE 1710/ 12 FEET ADDED TO/ THE BREADTH BY THE/ TRUSTEES 1781. The inscription is incised and incorporates a pair of scissors carved in relief. Although the panel can hardly be earlier in date than the last 18th century, its inscription may embody an authentic tradition. If this is so, the older part of the present structure would date from the early 16th century, repairs having been effected in 1631 and 1710 and a more general remodelling of the bridge having been undertaken in 1781. The bridge is listed by Historic Scotland as an Ancient Scheduled Monument. (Extract from a Bannockburn community website which is no longer online).

The hall occupies part of the disused Royal George Mill - see Image

Built c. 1822. A three-storey, attic and basement, 9-bay rubble building, part now used as a Masonic Lodge. The street entrance is at second-floor level, and has been modernised (see Image). The mill stands alongside the Bannock Burn close to the New Road bridge.

This plaque is attached to the northern parapet of the bridge.

Unlike the street view this photo from the valley floor conveys the size of this old mill. Bannockburn was a centre for carpet manufacture in the 19th. century with at least six factories lining the banks of the Bannock. Another view: Image RCAHMS record: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/47265/details/bannockburn+new+road+masonic+hall/