Monument record MHG16697 - Inverlael Bridge Over River Lael

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Grid reference Centred NH 1818 8545 (9m by 47m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH18NE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish GAIRLOCH

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Unnamed bridge shown on 1st ed Ordnance Survey map. <1>

Circa 1790. Single span bridge with pronounced hump, and long parapetted approach. Rubble, dressed rubble segmental arch ring and parapet cope. An "excellent road", begun in 1792 and nearly finished by 1794, built by government from Dingwall to Ullapool at cost of $4,500. (Much deteriorated by 1835) Inverlael Bridge now by-passed by re-aligned A835 road; before this the approaches had been flattened. <2>

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  • <1> Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1871-76. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 25 inch map: Ross-shire. Digital.
  • <2> Dataset: Historic Scotland. Information Supplementary to the Statutory List (This information has no legal significance). Digital. HB Number 7763.

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Mar 22 2012 2:51PM

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