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Fort Augustus - Bernera Military Road, Allt Dubh Burn Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fort Augustus - Bernera Military Road, Allt Dubh Burn Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 143131
Site Number NH21SE 13.01
NGR NH 29262 11589
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143131
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH21SE 13.01 29262 11589
Location formerly entered as NH 2926 1158.
FB [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, May 2007.
This bridge over the Allt Dubh Burn is of military construction. Originally it was 4.5m wide with a span of 1.8m. Having collapsed, the width which survives is just 1.8m. However, this is in a fairly complete state, despite the fact that some crumbling of the stonework of the abutments has occurred.
Visited by OS April 1979.
M Logie (Highland Council) 1997; NMRS MS 1007/6.
Field Visit (October 2009 - November 2009)
The following features were recorded during a landscape management survey of the 18th-century military road network as described above.
NH 2924 1160 Inverwick Badly degraded and collapsed early stone culvert. IRS010
NH 2916 1166 Inverwick Early square stone culvert, still in use. IRS011
NH 3643 0978 Inchnacardoch Early square stone culvert. Difficult to access but still functioning. IRS013
NH 3603 0981 Inchnacardoch Fine early single-spanned bridge, still in use. IRS035
NH 3641 0970 Inchnacardoch A bank/dyke loops away from the modern track for a short distance over a slight rise to the N. This route might pre-date a later realignment made to smooth out the gradient. IRS039.
NH 3056 1123 Inverwick An early stone culvert appears to have been replaced by a modern plastic pipe at a higher level. IRS059
NH 3027 1125 Inverwick Probably early stone culvert. IRS064
NH 3011 1126 Inverwick Modern ford taking water from abandoned early stone culvert. IRS068
NH 2898 1179 Inverwick Oblique-angled early stone culvert. Barely functioning. IRS081
NH 2881 1199 Inverwick Presently functioning as a small ford, the water levels on either side of the track suggest there is an early blocked culvert at this point. IRS082
NH 2828 1207 Inverwick The terrain indicates there should be a drainage feature at this point. The generally good condition of the road in this area suggests that evidence for it is likely to still exist. IRS086
Archive: FCS, Inverness and RCAHMS
Funder: Forestry Commission Scotland
Colin Shepherd
