Built in 1511, 2 years before the battle of Flodden, Twizel Bridge is a perfectly preserved medieval bridge used by the Scotts and the English. At the time, the bridge provided the only dry crossing of the river Till in which it must be assumed that James IV knew. With a span of ninety feet, it remained the longest stone arch bridge in the country until the 18th century.

During the Scottish Campaign of 1513, it is likely that parts of both armies crossed the bridge. The Scots on the way from Coldstream to Norham in late August and the English on the morning of the battle. Accounts indicate that the English Vanguard, including the English artillery, crossed the Till at Twizel on the morning of the 9th of September 1513, on the way from Barmoor to Braxton. We must assume that Surrey had been made aware of its existence, as it was vital to his outflanking strategy, as the only secure means of getting his artillery across the River Till.