Description

General Wade, 1737. High 3 arched rubble bridge; segmental headed dressed rubble arch rings; triangular cutwaters rising as stepped buttresses at each end abutments. Smaller east bank arch survives; section remains of cast-iron footbridge placed over missing spans, now also collapsed. Fragments of pulvinated string course survive.

Statement of Interest

High Bridge superseded by Thomas Telford's Spean Bridge further up stream. Said to have been (and still is?) inscribed "In the ninth year of His Majesty King George II this bridge was erected under the care of Lt General Wade, Commander in Chief of all Forces in North Britain, 1736."

In poor condition and difficult to examine owing both to condition and over-grown vegetation.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Highbridge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5757837

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)