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Drochaid Beul-ath Cheapain Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Drochaid Beul-ath Cheapain Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Canmore ID 145614
Site Number NG91SE 6.01
NGR NG 99029 13205
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/145614
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenshiel
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Bypassed bridge on old road, Telford, 1815, marks the site of the Battle of Glenshiel, 1719.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG91SE 6.01 99029 13205.
There are scant remains of this old single span stone bridge at Drochaid Beul-ath Cheapain. Its use has now been superseded by the modern road.
Visited by OS (NKB) 23 September 1966.
M Logie (Highland Council) 1997; NMRS MS 1007/6.
Wide single span stone arched bridge; coursed rubble, dressed stone arched ring; buttressed abutments. Long curved approach to north; dressed stone parapet.
Parliamentary road from Glenmoriston to Shiel Bridge built in 1815. Bridge now by-passed by new alignment of A87 road.(Historic Scotland)
Road remade by Telford for the Commission for Highland Roads and Bridges, it was described by William Daniell in 1817 as one of the " best engineered and best made roads in Scotland". ( M. Miers)
