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Fort Augustus - Bernera Military Road, Meall Doire Nan Caorach, Ford

Ford (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Fort Augustus - Bernera Military Road, Meall Doire Nan Caorach, Ford

Classification Ford (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Fort Augustus-bernera Military Road, Glen Moriston; Ceannacroc Lodge

Canmore ID 145772

Site Number NH21SW 6.06

NGR NH 2184 1160

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/145772

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH21SW 6.06 21842 11597

Location formerly cited as NH 2184 1160.

This is a narrow pebble bottomed ford.

M Logie (Highland Council) 1997; NMRS MS/1007/6.

Scheduled as part of 'Fort Augustus-Bernera Military Road, 1890m W of Ceannacroc Lodge... a stretch of mid-18th-centry military road which now survives as a grass- and heather-covered track. The stretch of road is 6km long and averages 5.3m in width, with occasional stretches of revetment on the lower side.'

[Attached map indicates Scheduled length as extending from NH 1628 1070 to NH 2189 1152].

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 27 September 2007.

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