I recently met up with Alex Rochead during April and we got round to talking about “The Flag Bridge” at Letterick. I was puzzled at Alex’s reference that the underside was a round culvert, when my distinct recollection of it was of stone slabs forming the underside of the bridge, hence the name, “The Flag […]
Pictured here by Alex Rochead, is the Cocksburn Dam. A remarkable piece of stone architecture dating from the 1820’s with the purpose of damming the Cocks Burn immediately adjacent to Mid Letterick Farm. Around 10 feet tall, by 16 feet wide built of stone masonry, the dam contained a sluice mechanism to control and let the water […]
Whilst researching the history of a nearby building, I recently found a description about Mid Letterick about third mile North of Crossbasket, that mentioned it was the home of “The Flag Bridge“. This name, being new to me and although just outside the Parish and no more, I decided to look at. This proved difficult […]