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Clais Charnach
Road (19th Century)
Site Name Clais Charnach
Classification Road (19th Century)
Canmore ID 295082
Site Number NC27SE 28
NGR NC 26921 73396
NGR Description NC 26706 73229 to NC 27155 73535
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295082
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (2008)
NC27SE 28 centred NC 26921 73396 (NC 26706 73229 to NC 271535)
This road, now little more than a rough track, was constructed in 1827 to link a slipway at Clais Charnach (NC27SE 4) with the lighthouse (NC27SE 3.00) at Cape Wrath. In recent times the road has been used principally by the military.
The road runs for a distance of some 540m from the slipway to the junction with the main road, first running up the up the left (SE) bank of an un-named stream before crossing over to the other side about half way up the narrow ravine. The method by which the road has been constructed has been determined largely by the topography, which restricts the line of the road to the bottom of the gully. Material for the construction of the road has probably mainly been gained from the scree- and boulder-strewn slopes to either side of the stream, though some may have been derived from quarries (NC27SE 4), which may have been opened to provide building stone for the construction of the slipway and its associated store house. At a number of points along the route there are culverts (CWTC08 348–57), which are well-built with drystone risers and stone slab lintels.
(CWTC08 348–57)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 5 August 2008.
