Monument record MHG35948 - CALEDONIAN CANAL, GAIRLOCHY SWING BRIDGE

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Location

Grid reference Centred NN 1762 8419 (37m by 35m)
Map sheet NN18SE
Civil Parish KILMALLIE
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NN18SE 5.04 1762 8419

Gairlochy Swing Bridge over the Caledonian Canal sits on the boundary between the Parishes of Kilmonivaig and Kilmallie.

This RCAHMS photographic survey was conducted in order to enhance and augment the National Monuments Record Scotland holdings.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), May 1999.

This bridge is visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1874, sheet cxxvi) and on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1903, sheet cxxvi). It is clearly marked as a swing bridge on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992) and on the OS Basic Scale raster map (ND).
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 13 September 2001.

Photographs were contributed by Martin Briscoe in July 2011 via the Highland HER Flickr group.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Briscoe, J M. 2008-11. Information and photographs of various sites submitted by Martin Briscoe. Colour. Yes. Digital. via Flickr.

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Record last edited

Dec 19 2011 12:00AM

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