Celebrations are planned to mark the bicentenary of a well-known Stewartry landmark.
This year marks 200 years since John Rennie’s magnificent five arch Ken Bridge was completed.
The River Ken defines the Glenkens; it also divides it. In medieval times it was an important crossing by ford or ferry on the pilgrim way to St Ninian’s shrine but the Ken’s notorious floods often made the route to Whithorn impassable. Early bridges never lasted long.
