Skye, Sligachan, Old Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Sligachan, Old Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Sligachan; Sligachan Hotel, Old Bridge
Canmore ID 11230
Site Number NG42NE 1
NGR NG 48635 29844
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11230
- Council Highland
- Parish Bracadale
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG42NE 1 48635 29844
For successor and present New Bridge (adjacent to N), see NG42NE 2.
(Location cited as NG 487 298). Old Bridge: Sligachan. Built c. 1810-18: engineer, Thomas Telford. A three-span rubble bridge, with a pronounced hump. The segmental arches are of unequal size, and there are triangular cutwaters. Disused, superseded by a single concrete arch, faced in stone (NG42NE 2).
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carries the former line of the A87(T) public road over the River Sligachan a short distance above its debouchment into the head of Loch Sligachan, and to the E of the Sligachan Hotel (NG42NE 6). The successor and present New Bridge (NG42NE 2) is situated adjacent to the N.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 August 2008.
