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Fort Augustus - Bernera Military Road, Allt A' Chaise Burn Bridge
Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fort Augustus - Bernera Military Road, Allt A' Chaise Burn Bridge
Classification Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Achlain
Canmore ID 143135
Site Number NH21SE 13.04
NGR NH 28165 12149
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143135
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH21SE 13.04 28165 12149
Location formerly entered as NH 2816 1215.
This bridge over the Allt a' Chaise Burn is of military construction and in reasonably good condition. It is 4.2m wide with a span of 4.8m.
Visited by OS April 1979.
M Logie (Highland Council) 1997; NMRS MS 1007/6.
(Location indicated on attached map as NH 2812 1216 to NH c. 2860 1202). Length of road scheduled as 'Fort Augustus-Bernera military road, 570m SE of Achlain... a stretch of military road, including two bridges [NH21SE 13.03 and NH21SE 13.04]'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 9 March 2007.
Conservation (December 2012)
AOC Archaeology Group was commissioned by Forestry Commission Scotland to undertake a Structural Costed Conservation Plan for the Achlain Bridges, Fort Augustus.
Laser scanning of the three bridges was also undertaken at this time.
Excavation (9 July 2012 - 11 December 2012)
The results of a programme of recording and excavation in advance of conservation of three military bridges located by Achlain in Invermoriston during the second half of 2012. One small trench was excavated on Bridge 009 to identify a possible structural weakness of the bridge at the request of the conservation architect. On Bridge 008, the entire bridge arch and surrounding surface was excavated and a single small trench was excavated at the centre of the arch on Bridge 007, prior to conservation. The excavation allowed for recording of the bridges prior to any changes made by conservation work to the structures.
Information from OASIS ID - rosscrom1-144445 (M Peteranna) 2012
