Monument record MHG17399 - Fort William - Fort Augustus - Inverness

NH52NE 15 5500 2832 to 5987 2999

General Wade's Military Road (NAT)
OS 1:10000 map

NH 5500 2832 - 5655 2999: The B852 is on the line of Wade's 1732 road.
Visited by OS June 1964

NH 5802 2500 - 5809 2525: Track through 18/19th century settlement was considered as an alternative route for the 1726 Wade road.

NH 5809 2525 - 5821 2600: The B862 public road occupies the alternative line of the road.

NH 5821 2600 - 5803 2692: Old Road continues as a track at a higher level than the presnt B862, mostly through a conifer plantation, to Torness.

NH 5803 2692 - 5765 2793: The Wade road is visible on the E side of the re-aligned B862 for some 500m where it rejoins the modern road.
Visited by OS June 1964; September 1977

NH 5514 2500 - 5537 2579: There is no trace through afforestation of the road marked on Roy's map (Roy 1747-55).

NH 5537 2579 - 5765 2793: There is no real evidence for the military road having taken the line of the tarmac road to Balnagarline, although there are possible military-type bridges at NH 5558 2588 and NH 5714 2721, the former being 4.2m wide with a 2-3m span with parapets; the latter 4.4m wide within a 1.2m span, but no parapets. At NH 5542 2580 is a military-type double culvert 4.3m wide.
Visited by OS April 1979

NH 5765 2793 - 5840 2863: The 1726 Wade road is probably on the line of the B862 public road, with one deviation due to road re-alignment at NH 5810 2838, where it is a heather-covered track c3.5m wide.

NH 5840 2863 - 5917 2915: The old road runs parallel with the NW bank of Loch CeoGlais and is visible as a disused track 4.5m wide at a higher level than the present road. Foundations of a culvert are visible at a stream crossing at NH 5853 2870.

NH 5917 - 5947 2937: B862 public road is on the line of the old road.

NH 5947 2937 - 5967 2964: Old road is visible as a disused track 4.5m wide at a higher level than the present road.

NH 5967 2964 - 5987 2999: The B862 public road is on the line of the old road.
Visited by OS June 1964; February 1979.