The Double Bridge or Tower Bridge crosses Pittencrieff Glen. The earliest recording of a bridge here was one called the ‘Gyrthbow’, documented in 1327.
In 1611 the first stone-built bridge was built with money given by Anne of Denmark to ease the journey of pilgrims going to the Abbey.
A second arched bridge was added above by the Laird, Captain George Phin, in 1788 to create a two-storey “double” bridge.
There is a stone bearing his heraldic arms – a pelican pecking at its breast above a pelican erect.
The parapet was added later by architect James Shearer.
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