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Caochan Cam, Ford
Ford (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Caochan Cam, Ford
Classification Ford (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Fort Augustus-bernera Military Road, Strath Cluanie And Glen Moriston; Ceannacroc Lodge
Canmore ID 145980
Site Number NH11SE 4.16
NGR NH 1682 1080
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/145980
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH11SE 4.16 1682 1080
This is a slab and cobble ford of which fragments of cobbling survive. Severe rutting and erosion have been caused by water running down the track above this ford.
M Logie (Highland Council) 1997; NMRS MS 1007/6.
Scheduled as part of 'Fort Augustus-Bernera Military Road, 1890m W of Ceannacroc Lodge... a stretch of mid-18th-centry military road which now survives as a grass- and heather-covered track. The stretch of road is 6km long and averages 5.3m in width, with occasional stretches of revetment on the lower side.'
[Attached map indicates Scheduled length as extending from NH 1628 1070 to NH 2189 1152].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 27 September 2007.
