Rumbling Bridge

The Emperor recently had cause to re-visit Rumbling Bridge, just outside the village of Crook of Devon.
 

Its a most beautiful spot with its own distinct history and a favourite place to take foreign dignitaries and guests of the Imperial court.
Actually comprising two bridges that span a dramatic gorge, the Emperor is reminded of the local history of the area:

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"Rumbling Bridge is so named from the rumbling or violent noise that the water makes, as it rushes, swells, and thunders among the rocky fragments that oppose it progress downwards. The bridge consists of one arch, wide, safe and strong, and erected above an old bridge, which was built by William Gray of Saline in 1713. This old bridge is placed eighty feet above the Channel of the Devon, and the span twenty two feet. It was very dangerous, for, while it was narrow, it had no parapet and it stood thus for more than a century, and was crossed by equestrians as well as by those on foot, at all seasons, by night as well as day, although a wrong footstep or the least stumble would have precipitated the passenger into the frightful abyss below. It is now covered with ivy. The new bridge built in 1816 stands 120 feet above the river. "

Text from, "A Run Along the Banks of the Devon", as published within the Fife Herald. and cited in 1864 extract of, The Annals of Kinross-shire, p.91

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