View from SE showing ENE front

Description View from SE showing ENE front

Date 29/4/1971

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 787387

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Butter Bridge, Argyll & Bute This shows the bridge from the west, illustrating clearly the difficult terrain through which the road passes. The bridge was originally designed for marching troops, and was more steeply humped. The gradients on either side were probably eased in about 1800, when coach traffic was becoming important. The military road crossed the pass between Loch Long and Loch Fyne, the Bealach an Easain Dubh, the summit of which is understandably named the 'Rest and be Thankful'. The section of the military road from Arrochar to the head of Loch Fyne was rebuilt in the 1930s, by-passing this bridge. This bridge was built in 1745 to carry the military road from Dumbarton to Inveraray over the River Kinglas. The road was built under the direction of Major Caulfield, and the bridge was constructed by Thomas Clark, a mason from Dunkeld Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/35/42

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/787387

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap