Old travel Blog photograph of Dunans Bridge in Glendaruel, Cowal, Argyll, Scotland. Dunans Bridge was designed by Thomas Telford. It is located by Dunans Castle. It was built for John Fletcher of Dunans, to commemorate the battle of Waterloo. The bridge was completed in 1815, and predates the 1864 elaboration of Dunans House by Kerr into a Franco Baronial " castle ". The three arched rubble construction is considered internationally important as it is the only extant bridge of this type. It stands over 49 feet from the river bed and has been voted one of Scotland's ten best bridges. It was built to replace the now destroyed " swing bridge ". Though it is of a kind often constructed by Telford, the three arches, gargoyles and eight hexagonal piers, as well as its sheer height of 52 feet, make it unique.
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