Description

c.1749. Large, steeply humped, narrow, single arch military road bridge with sweeping parapet to south. Dramatic rural setting. Stone rubble. Thin flag coping to parapet.

Statement of Interest

Excellent example of a military road bridge, built on the Military Road from Blairgowrie to Fort George which was completed in 1749. Following the major unrest of Jacobite attacks and the battle of Culloden, the Government began a sequence of road building in the Highlands under General Wade to allow better communications between the Government troops. The Blairgowrie to Fort George Road was established by his successor, William Caulfield.

Change of Category B to A, 9 June, 1994.

Update to Description and Statement of Significance in 2018.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Bridge, Gairnshiel Lodge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17568547

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