Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of the Swilcan Bridge or Swilken Bridge, or Swilcanth as it was known, a small stone bridge which spans the Swilcan Burn between the first and eighteenth fairways on the Old Course on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to St Andrews, Fife. This is a famous small stone bridge which has itself become an important cultural icon in the sport of golf. The bridge had previously been known as the Golfers’ Bridge, and had been known as this for hundreds of years. The bridge itself is extremely small; at its farthest extent it measures about 30 feet long, eight feet wide and six feet tall, in the style of a simple Roman arch. Originally built at least 700 years ago to help shepherds get livestock across. On the second floor of the World Golf Hall of Fame museum in St. Augustine, Florida, America, there is a life-size stone replica of the Swilcan Bridge.
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