Scheduled Monument
Little Garve Bridge, 80m E of Tigh Na DrochitSM2720
Status: Designated
Documents
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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.
Summary
- Date Added
- 04/11/1968
- Last Date Amended
- 19/11/2024
- Type
- Secular: bridge
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Parish
- Contin
- NGR
- NH 39637 62879
- Coordinates
- 239637, 862879
Description
The monument comprises a twin-arched stone bridge built in about 1762 as a component of the Contin to Poolewe military road and part of the wider 18th century military infrastructure constructed across Scotland. The bridge straddles the Black Water or Alltan Dubbh at approximately 80m above sea level.
The scheduled area is irregular. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Specifically excluded from the scheduled monument are the above ground remains of stone bollards, wooden route markers and signage to allow for their maintenance.
Statement of National Importance
The monument continues to meet the criterion of national importance as a well-preserved example of an 18th century military road bridge. It was part of a wider complex of military infrastructure built in Scotland by British Government forces to control the Scottish Highlands in particular. It therefore adds to our understanding of the Government's control of the Highlands in the mid-to-late 18th century. This programme of military road building was undertaken by two key British military figures of the time - General George Wade and Major William Caulfeild – and this bridge was the work of Caulfeild. The bridge is substantially intact with little change in its original character, except for the signs of routine maintenance and structural bracing works.
References
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