Stirling's Old Bridge or Auld Brig was probably built around 1400. However there was certainly at least one older bridge. It appears, for example, on Matthew Paris's mid thirteenth century map of Britain, is depicted on the town's seal in 1296 and played a key role (obviously) in the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
Ron Page and friends conducted important investigations into the probable site of the ancient bridge in the 1990s and Ron published the outcomes, with historical information, at the time.
He has now published photos and drawings on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronpage1924/sets/72157628820767245/
The full published version of Ron's paper can be downloaded at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1tWr0-5tVI_OGRkMWVjYjctOTNkMC00ZjUyLWFhMTgtMTA2OGI5MzBhNTE3&hl=en
Ron Page and friends conducted important investigations into the probable site of the ancient bridge in the 1990s and Ron published the outcomes, with historical information, at the time.
He has now published photos and drawings on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronpage1924/sets/72157628820767245/
The full published version of Ron's paper can be downloaded at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1tWr0-5tVI_OGRkMWVjYjctOTNkMC00ZjUyLWFhMTgtMTA2OGI5MzBhNTE3&hl=en
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