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Bridge Of Leachd
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bridge Of Leachd
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lecht Road; Allt Na Lice
Canmore ID 73388
Site Number NJ21SW 3
NGR NJ 2375 1468
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/73388
- Council Moray
- Parish Kirkmichael (Moray)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
The Bridge of Leachd carries the A939 road across the Allt na Lice. This modern road, known as the 'Lecht Road', follows the course of an eighteenth-century military road, built in 1754 under the direction of Major William Caulsfeild.
This bridge is of a single span and constructed from rubble masonry.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ21SW 3 2375 1468 MR 9
Bridge of Leachd [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1971.
This is a military type bridge with a modern parapet, on the line of the Coupar Angus - Fort George military road.
Visited by OS (RB) August 1966.
This bridge carries the Lecht Road (formerly the military road MR 9 and now the A939 public road) over the Allt na Lice.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 February 1999.
