A compact stone arch crosses the burn immediately beside Clock Mill, preserving the route that connected successive mill sites.
Quick facts
- Date
- Probably early nineteenth century
- Architect / designer
- Engineer or mason not recorded
- Type
- Single-span segmental rubble bridge with rounded coping
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB42055)
- OS grid reference
- NS 91438 97463
Architecture and continuing use
One segmental arch carries the crossing over Tillicoultry Burn. Rubble masonry suits the neighbouring mill, and semicircular coping defines the low parapets. Its modest engineering is best understood in plan: the bridge joins the routes on either side of the watercourse at the point where industrial buildings needed dependable access.
Its story
The bridge was probably built with the early nineteenth-century mill development. As the burn powered a succession of cotton and woollen works, crossings linked yards, roads and buildings constrained by the narrow valley floor. Later redevelopment altered the mills, but the arch remained an integral part of the industrial landscape.
Why it is included
It makes transport infrastructure part of the textile story and prevents the nearby mill from being interpreted as an isolated building.
What to notice
- The shallow segmental curve of the arch.
- Rounded coping along the rubble parapets.
- The immediate spatial relationship with Clock Mill and the burn.
Reading the surroundings
Observe from a safe public position. Do not lean over or climb the parapets, descend the burn banks, obstruct traffic or assume that adjacent mill access is public.
Timeline
- Early 19th century A stone crossing was probably built as mills multiplied along Tillicoultry Burn.
- Mid 19th century The bridge served a burn corridor containing eight cotton mills.
- 2008 The national list description was updated to clarify its industrial group value.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
No precise construction contract or named engineer is recorded, and current vehicle or pedestrian management should be read from signs on site.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Clock Mill Bridge, LB42055 — Current designation status, statutory identity, official mapped point, date, fabric and significance.
- Clackmannanshire Council: Tillicoultry Conservation Area Character Appraisal — Local-authority evidence for Tillicoultry’s settlement development, mills, civic landmarks, street pattern and historic character.
- Trove: Clock Mill Bridge — National heritage inventory entry for designation identity, mapped location, related records and available archive material.
- Clackmannanshire Council: Tillicoultry Conservation Area — Current council context for the extent and management of Tillicoultry’s historic core.
Location
OS grid reference NS 91438 97463 · Location confidence: High for the current HES designation point; public text separately qualifies access, component identity and current use. · Select the marker to open its satellite view in Google Maps. On desktop, drag Pegman (the yellow figure) onto a blue road. On mobile, turn on the Street View layer and tap a blue road. Other photo markers may be user-contributed.
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