Archaeological Evaluation

Date 28 April 2010

Event ID 634515

Category Recording

Type Archaeological Evaluation

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NH 4891 1537 An evaluation of the Category A listed 18th-century military bridge at Whitebridge was undertaken on 28 April 2010 prior to proposed repair work. The evaluation aimed to investigate the potential survival of the original road surface and to explore the working hypothesis that the surface of the bridge had been levelled from its original hump.

The two trenches opened on the SW side of the bridge established that the original road surface consisted of laid stone cobbles and survives at a depth of 0.55m at the approaches to the apex of the bridge. Several pipes and trenches clearly cross the bridge and have disturbed the original road surface. The investigation established that the original road surface has worn away (or been removed) at the apex of the bridge. Both trenches confirmed that later levelling material has been added to the surface of the bridge, perhaps in several stages.

Archive: Highland Council HER

Matt Ritchie and Bob Main – Wade Bridge of Whitebridge Trust