Loch Leven, Road, B863
Road (First World War)
Site Name Loch Leven, Road, B863
Classification Road (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Formerlly A82
Canmore ID 332718
Site Number NN16SW 43
NGR NN 12534 60516
NGR Description Centred on NN 12534 60516
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/332718
- Council Highland
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
Note (9 October 2013)
Extends across map sheets NN05NE, NN15NW, NN16SW and NN16SE.
A road runs along the S side of Loch Leven between the villages of Glencoe and Kinlochleven. Built at the end of the First World War and completed in 1919, it was constructed by German prisoners of war to replace the footpath depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map.
The W end starts where the road leaves the A82, and crosses the river Coe on a large concrete bridge. The E end finishes were the existing road stops on the 2nd edition map (ibid). One bridge (see NN16SE 68) has a plaque 'Erected by German PoW 1919'.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 9 October 2013.
