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Beinn Dearg
Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Beinn Dearg
Classification Wall (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Braemore And Inverbroom Estate
Canmore ID 279950
Site Number NH28SE 2
NGR NH 2600 8120
NGR Description NH c. 260 812
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/279950
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH28SE 2 c. 260 812
For cairn on the summit of Bein Dearg, see NH28SE 1.
For Braemore House and related sites, see NH17NE 7.00.
The wall that is reported by Prof R Paxton (24 February 2006) at cited location NH c. 260 812 (near the summit of Beinn Dearg) cannot be identified from the available map evidence. It was apparently built as an unemployment relief project, and may cross the boundary between the parishes of Contin and Lochbroom.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 March 2006.
Publication Account (1007)
Braemore and Inverbroom Estate Structures, Wester Ross
(Institute Civil Engineers Historic Engineering Works no. HEW 1556)
Sir John Fowler, whose major works included London’s Metropolitan Railway and the Forth Bridge, purchased in 1865 and 1867, respectively, estates totalling 40 000 acres at Braemore and Inverbroom, near Ullapool, which he enjoyed for over three decades, his last visit being in October 1897. During this period he applied his engineering skills to developing the estate for the enjoyment of his family and distinguished guests. His improvements, apart from planting nine million trees and maximising
agricultural development, included a 1000-yard-long stone wall near the summit of Beinn Dearg, 3547 ft AOD (NH 2600 8120), said to have been built not so much to keep stags from falling over a dangerous precipice as to provide work for the local unemployed people.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission
