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Brass plaque № 50119

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On 16 September 1745, the Coltbridge Canter commenced near here, when the Hanoverian cavalry fled in panic from the approaching Jacobite army. The present bridge was constructed in 1766 by Alexander Stevens senior of Prestonhall

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