Archaeology Notes

Event ID 791347

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/791347

NJ02NW 25 0499 2523 to 0329 2999. MR 9 (formerly Lin 511).

The military road links with the A95 just S of the former railway line outside Grantown-on-Spey. Having crossed this railway line, it then traverses the River Spey on an old military bridge (NJ02NW 20) at NJ 039 263 and then rejoins the modern road at NJ 034 269. To the N of Grantown the military route is probably on the line of the A939 to Dava.

W Taylor 1976.

The assessment of the military road terminated at Grantown-on-Spey, but it appears that the military line is mainly overlaid by the A939. At NJ 0472 2564 a military-type single span stone bridge (NJ02NW 26) carries the road over the Allt Choire Odhar Burn and at NJ 039 263 the Old Spey Bridge (NJ02NW 20), a military triple-arch stone construction of 1754, takes the route over the River Spey just S of Grantown. To the N of Grantown the military road is overlaid by the A939.

M Logie (Highland Council) 1997; 1007/7.

NJ 0328 2999 - 0329 2937 Modern road on line of military road.

NJ 0329 2937 - 0331 2904 Military road was obliterated by railway embankment.

NJ 0331 2904 - 0354 2820 Modern road on line of military road.

NJ 0354 2820 - 0342 2774 Course through Grantown-on-Spey (Taylor 1768) NJ 0342 2774 - 0347 2742 Modern road on line of military road.

NJ 0347 2742 - 0356 2687 Forestry track on line.

NJ 0356 2687 - 0367 2676 Forestry path on line.

NJ 0367 2676 - 0397 2635 Modern road on line.

NJ 0397 2629 - 0404 2625 The military road has been obliterated at

this point.

NJ 0404 2625 - 0433 2616 The military road is now a grass track

5.4m wide between its banks.

NJ 0433 2616 - 0499 2523 Modern road on line of military road.

(See also NJ02NW 26)

Visited by OS (NKB) 2 September 1966.

A Taylor 1768.