A picturesque ancient bridge across the River Clyde, immediately downstream of two wooded islets, the Clydesholm or Lanark Old Bridge crosses the river to Kirkfieldbank a half-mile (1 km) west of the centre of Lanark. Built between 1696 and 1699, this narrow rubble structure features three semicircular arches and triangular cutwaters which extend up to the bridge deck to form pedestrian refuges. It no longer carries the A72 road from Lanark to Hamilton, since the construction of a new bridge 60m / 200 feet downstream in 1959, but remains open to pedestrians. Clydesholm Bridge has been A-listed since 1971.
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