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Dist:0.1km<br/>The ruin on the right is almost certainly one of several mills which made carpets, tartan and shawls and existed on the banks of the Bannock Burn. The burn is visible on the left.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The bridge is in a path from Old Town to Ladeside.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The building (now a house) on the right was almost certainly part of a carpet factory called the Skeoch Mill on this site and depicted on the First Edition of the O.S. map [Stirling Sheet XVII.12 St. Ninians] surveyed in 1860.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>View across the bridge to the brae which leads to the Main Street of the village.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Spittal's Bridge in the old town of Bannockburn spans the Bannock Burn and has an overall length of 158 feet, including the approaches. It consists of a single segmental arch which has a span of 33ft 10 inches and rises to a height of 14 feet 7 inches. A panel, set within a moulded border, is placed over the crown of the arch on the west side of the bridge bears the following inscription: THIS BRIDGE WAS/BUILT BY ROBERT/SPITTAL TAYLOR/TO KING JAMES/ THE FOURTH 1516/ PRO PATRIA/ ET POSTERIS/ REPAIRED BY THE JU/STICES OF PEACE 1710/ 12 FEET ADDED TO/ THE BREADTH BY THE/ TRUSTEES 1781. The inscription is incised and incorporates a pair of scissors carved in relief. Although the panel can hardly be earlier in date than the last 18th century, its inscription may embody an authentic tradition. If this is so, the older part of the present structure would date from the early 16th century, repairs having been effected in 1631 and 1710 and a more general remodelling of the bridge having been undertaken in 1781. The bridge is listed by Historic Scotland as an Ancient Scheduled Monument. (Extract from Bannockburn Community Website - http://www.bannockburn.co.uk/ ).
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Built in 1516. See [[1787835]] for another view and the RCAHMS record http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/47247/details/bannockburn old town old bridge/.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>18th century houses built when Bannockburn had an important carpet and weaving industry powered by the fast flowing Bannock Burn.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Small weir on the river a little upstream from the former Royal George carpet mill and though it had a lade going into it from a weir it does not look as if this is that weir.
©Robert Murray
Dist:0.4km<br/>Unlike the street view this photo from the valley floor conveys the size of this old mill. Bannockburn was a centre for carpet manufacture in the 19th. century with at least six factories lining the banks of the Bannock. Another view: [[1787895]] RCAHMS record: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/47265/details/bannockburn new road masonic hall/
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Telford's bridge taking the A9 across the valley of the Bannock.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>18th century houses built at the time when Bannockburn had a thriving carpet and weaving industry powered by the fast flowing Bannock Burn.
©Richard Dorrell
Dist:0.4km<br/>Built 1833. The Listed Building Report, December 1974, notes the state of the building as 'very derelict'. Clearly, significant restoration has taken place since then.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Once a carpet factory, but now the meeting place of the Stirling Christadelphians, and one of several places of worship in and around the centre of Bannockburn.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Built c. 1822. A three-storey, attic and basement, 9-bay rubble building, part now used as a Masonic Lodge. The street entrance is at second-floor level, and has been modernised (see [[1787917]]). The mill stands alongside the Bannock Burn close to the New Road bridge.
©Richard Dorrell
Dist:0.4km<br/>This plaque is attached to the northern parapet of the bridge.
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