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Stirling - Tyndrum - Fort William Military Road
Military Road (18th Century)
Site Name Stirling - Tyndrum - Fort William Military Road
Classification Military Road (18th Century)
Canmore ID 72296
Site Number NN50NE 9
NGR NN 5900 0874
NGR Description NN 5999 0878 to NN 5882 0999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72296
- Council Stirling
- Parish Callander
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN50NE 9 5999 0878 to 5882 0999. MR 8
NN 5999 0878 - NN 5855 0999 Course of military road shown by Roy (1747-55).
NN 5999 0878 - NN 5877 0922 Modern road on line of military road.
NN 5877 0922 - NN 5881 0952 Slight terrace and bank on west side suggests course of road.
NN 5881 0952 - NN 5884 0979 Probable course of road. Wall on west side of stream probably west wall of road.
NN 5884 0979 - NN 5881 0985 No trace.
NN 5881 0985 - NN 5882 0999 Access road on line of possible line of road.
Visited by OS (RD) January 1969.
W Roy (1747-55).
The military road goes through the Pass of Leny, mainly overlain by the A84. However, it is also possible to trace a small section of the old road in this area. Then, a short distance to the S of St. Bride's Chapel, the military road heads off to the E of the modern road.
W Taylor 1976.
There is a discrepancy on this map sheet between the route shown by Roy (1747-55) and that recorded by the OS (RD) in January 1969 and Taylor (1976), from a point at NN 5877 0922, where the later observers trace the military road heading off to the E of the modern road, whereas Roy's route suggests a line shared by the modern road.
Information from RCAHMS (MW), 22 December 1999.
