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Torgyle Bridge

A Category A Listed Building in Aird and Loch Ness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.1759 / 57°10'33"N

Longitude: -4.7987 / 4°47'55"W

OS Eastings: 230909

OS Northings: 812923

OS Grid: NH309129

Mapcode National: GBR G9JR.GPH

Mapcode Global: WH2F9.8W5S

Plus Code: 9C9Q56G2+9G

Entry Name: Torgyle Bridge

Listing Name: Glenmoriston, Torgoyle Bridge over River Moriston

Listing Date: 5 October 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 348497

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14996

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Torgoyle Bridge

ID on this website: 200348497

Location: Urquhart and Glenmoriston

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness

Parish: Urquhart And Glenmoriston

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

Tagged with: Road bridge

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Description

Joseph Mitchell, 1823 after earlier bridge by Thomas Telford.

c. 1811. Large, 3-span bridge, and centre arch being slightly

wider and higher. Tooled and pinned rubble with tooled ashlar

dressings. 3 segmental-headed tooled ashlar rings, the

dressings being alternate blocks of dark schist and lighter

granite, springing from rusticated masonry cutwater abutments.

Cutwaters rise as engaged columns, diminishing in girth and

decorated with dummy vertical and cruciform slits, terminating

at parapet level with simple blocked caps. Similarly detailed

end pilasters.

Band-course; tooled ashlar parapets slightly splayed approaches. Approximate width of arches; 48', 55', 48'.

Drystone embankments flank bridge.

Statement of Interest

Telford Bridge built at Torgoyle circa 1811; destroyed by

flood damage in 1818. Replaced firstly by temporary wooden

bridge, and then in 1823 by present structure redesigned by

Telford's principal inspector, Joseph Mitchell. Appears on OS

as Torgoyle Bridge.

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