Alness, Pipe Bridge
Pipe Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Alness, Pipe Bridge
Classification Pipe Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Averon; Alness River
Canmore ID 280652
Site Number NH66NE 120
NGR NH 65456 69596
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280652
- Council Highland
- Parish Alness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NE 120 65456 69596
For Alness Bridge (Telford bridge, adjacent to S), see NH66NE 21.
Pipe Line [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006.
'a thoroughly triangular bridge: its cross section is a triangle and its sides are triangular trusses'.
G Nelson 1990.
This bridge carries a footpath over the River Averon or Alness River in the middle of Alness (NH66NE 34) and a short distance downstream from the Old Bridge NH66NE 21. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Alness (to the W) and Rosskeen (to the E).
The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NH c. 65446 69592 to NH c. 65467 69599.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 April 2006.
