Pass of Glencoe, Military Road
Date 1996
Event ID 1006910
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1006910
The old military road through Glen Coe was constructed c1780. Its route can be traced from Altnafeadh (to the E of the NTS Estate) through to the village of Glen Coe itself (to the W of the NTS estate) with only minor breaks where the modern A82 has cut across it - the most serious being that at Allt na Ruigh. The old military road generally measures c2.2m in width, with a surface apparently surviving in places. It either has drains running parallel to both sides, a drain and a dyke, or retaining walls on both sides. In places there are either fords across the minor burns or stone-lined culverts, but the more major burn or river crossings are made by embankment and a reinforced concrete slab arch. In certain instances these slab crossings have not survived but may have been replaced by timber walkways.
A photographic survey with notes was undertaken for the 1996 work. The notes are available.
(GLE96 003)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016e in handwritten form.
