Spring Packhorse Bridge Ceres Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video of the Packhorse Bridge on visit to Ceres, Fife. At the South East end of Ceres village is a small 17th century bridge, locally known as the " Bishop Bridge " after Archbishop Sharp, that crosses the stream known as the Craighall or Ceres Burn. It has a single arch with a span of 27 feet and a width of 8feet 3 inches. The roadway which is very steep, has a width of 6feet 4 inches between the parapets, and rises to a height of 13 feet 6 inches above the water level. This very old Scottish old bridge in the middle of Ceres. Once formed part of the road to St Andrews from Falkland. James Sharp, or Sharpe, born 4 May 1618, died 3 May 1679, was a minister in the Church of Scotland, or kirk, who served as Archbishop of St Andrews from 1661 to 1679. His support for Episcopalianism, or governance by bishops, brought him into conflict with elements of the kirk who advocated Presbyterianism, rule by congregations. Twice the victim of assassination attempts, the second cost him his life.

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