Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands

Date 2007

Event ID 962611

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/962611

(Institute Civil Engineers Historic Engineering Works no. HEW 2542)

A rubble-masonry bridge, about 260 ft long, spanning the Black Water, probably built under Major W. Caulfeild’s direction in the 1760s as part of the Contin to Poolewe road (MR17). It is a fine example of a later military bridge. Loss of stone from the north-west wing wall is giving rise to concern about the bridge’s future. The main arch is segmental of 46 ft span and 16 ft rise with random narrow archstones 20–26 in. long. The bridge is 13 ft wide between parapets and attains a maximum height above the river of about 40 ft. There is a segmental flood arch of 24 ft span to the west of the main arch.

R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.

Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.