Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Sark Bridge Scotland
Old photograph of Sark Bridge near Gretna Green in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The original bridge built in 1814 by Thomas Telford carrying the road over the River Sark, which forms the border between England and Scotland just outside Gretna. Crossing this bridge became popular for runaway marriages of English couples following the passage of Lord Hardwicke's act in 1754. The act abolished irregular marriages in England but not Scotland. Once across the bridge, runaways from England could be married very quickly in accordance with 18th Century Scots law, which required neither banns nor a licence.
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