Aerial view of A 82 and Friar's Bridge, Inverness, looking W.

Description Aerial view of A 82 and Friar's Bridge, Inverness, looking W.

Date 31/5/2014

Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Catalogue Number DP 343218

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content This view of the A82 as it crosses the river by the Friar's Bridge covers part of the Longman estate on the near side of the river and South Kessock and Merkinch on the far side. There are lots of archaeological records for sites within this area, though the view is really too general to make identification of specific sites easy. The Friar's Bridge was constructed to carry the A82 from east to west of the river without going through the centre of the town. It was opened in 1986. The Waterloo Bridge is on its right. This is known locally as the Black Bridge which was the name given to the original crossing at this point - a wooden bridge built in 1808. It was replaced by this more permanent structure in 1895-96. Next to that bridge is the railway viaduct, opened in 1990 to replace the Telford bridge which was swept away in a storm in 1989. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2020/58

External Reference D3090

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2108499

File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap