Old travel Blog photograph of Cantsdam Bridge near Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland. Cant is a common family name in Fife. This bridge is where the old Great North Road, the important overland route between Edinburgh and Inverness in the Highlands, crossed the Netherton or Lochfitty Burn. A burn is a watercourse, in size from a large stream to a small river. The term burn is used in Scotland and England, especially North East England, and in parts of Ulster, Australia and New Zealand. Major work was done on Cantsdam Bridge in 1722. Cantsdam was the name of a few cottages off of Cocklaw Estate, occupied by mechanics and agricultural labourers.
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