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Polla, Bridge

Road Bridge (19th Century)

Site Name Polla, Bridge

Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Amhainn An T-strath Bhig; Strath Beag

Canmore ID 4765

Site Number NC35SE 1

NGR NC 39048 54728

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4765

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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View of roadway from NNE
View of roadway from NNEView from EView from EPolla Bridge
View from E showing ESE frontView of roadway from NNEView from ESEView from EView from ESEView of roadway from NNEPolla, Bridge, NC35SE 1, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView from ESE

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Durness
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC35SE 1 39048 54728

(Location cited as NC 391 547). Bridge, Polla, c. 1830. A two-span rubble bridge with segmental arches and triangular cutwaters.

J R Hume 1976.

This bridge carries the A838 public road over the Amhainn an t-Strath Bhig, close to the bottom of Strath Beag.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 May 1998.

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