Allt Na Guaille
Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Allt Na Guaille
Classification Bridge (19th Century)
Canmore ID 296029
Site Number NC36NW 17
NGR NC 32541 69660
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Measured Survey (13 August 2008)
RCAHMS surveyed the bridge over Inshore Burn, Allt na Guaille, Cape Wrath on 13 August 2008 with plane table and tape producing a plan and elevation at a scale of 1:100.
Field Visit (2008)
NC36NW 17 32541 69660
This stone bridge, which is situated 190m NW of the former shepherd’s house at Inshore (NC36NW 2), carries the public road from the ferry point on the Kyle of Durness (NC 3707 6602) to the lighthouse (NC27SE 3.00) at Cape Wrath over the Allt na Guaille. It comprises a single arch, measuring 3.1m in width by up to 2.5m in height, and at road-level the bridge is 2.75m wide between parapets that measure up to 1.1m in height and are rounded and slightly splayed at both ends. The bridge is contemporary with the road, which was constructed in 1828 to service the lighthouse (Stevenson 1828).
(CWTC08 10)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, JH) 4 August 2008.