Fort Augustus - Bernera Military Road, Ceannacroc Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fort Augustus - Bernera Military Road, Ceannacroc Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Fort Augustus-bernera Military Road, Glen Moriston; Ceannacroc Lodge; Old Ceannacroc Bridge; River Moriston
Canmore ID 143160
Site Number NH21SW 6.01
NGR NH 22740 10668
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143160
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH21SW 6.01 22740 10668
See also NH21SW 7 and NH12SW 9.
Ceannacroc Bridge is a double-arched military bridge which carries the military road over the River Moriston. Although it is now disused, it is in a good state of repair.
Visited by OS April 1979.
W Taylor 1976; M Logie (Highland Council) 1997; NMRS MS/1007/6.
Watching Brief (August 2016)
NH 32573 13704 and NH 22795 10805 – NH 22672 10902 Grid connection works were carried out, in August 2016, to connect Bhlaraidh and Beinneun Wind Farms to the national grid at Fort Augustus. The works included photographic recording and a watching brief during demolition of a semi-upstanding estate wall at Inverwick. A section of the Fort Augustus to Bernera Military Road was surveyed but no further mitigation was required.
Archive: NRHE (intended). Report: Highland HER
Funder: Balfour Beatty Utility Services Ltd
Katie Sludden – CFA Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
