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Glen Arklet

Road (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Glen Arklet

Classification Road (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 77292

Site Number NN30NE 4

NGR NN 37 09

NGR Description NN 348 096 to NN c. 400 101

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Buchanan
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Stirlingshire

Archaeology Notes

NN30NE 4.00 37 09

Extends onto map sheet NN41SW.

NN348 096 to c. NN 400 101: Old Road from the Garrison of Inversnaid to Stronachlacher: This road is shown on the military survey made by Lieutenants Dumaresque and Bastide in 1718.("The Roads between Innersnait, Ruthven of Badenock, KIliwhiman and Fort William in ye highlands of North Britain". National Library of Scotland MS 1648 Z 3/13.) It ran from Inversnaid to Glengyle via Loch Katrine and then, after leaving Stirlingshire, continued via Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Loch Tay to join the military road from Dunkeld to Ruthven at Blair Atholl. The principal reason for the siting of a barracks at Inversnaid was the preservation of communications along this route.

In Stirlingshire the road is best represented by the three-mile stretch between the Garrison (NN30NW 4) and Stronachlachar, most of its length being marked on the 6-inch OS map. It first appears in the field immediately to the S of the Barracks, and from this point it can be seen quite plainly, running in an easterly direction about 100yds N of the present road. The old and new roads gradually converge to meet near the Loch Arklet Dam, but 100yds E of the small fir-wood that borders the northern shore of the loch the old road can again be seen taking a more northerly course towards Corriearklet, while the modern road continues to skirt the loch shores. After passing through Corriearklet the old road continues towards Bruach, running parallel with the present road and about 150yds N of it.

Above Bruach a small reservoir has obliterated all traces of the road, which can be seen, however, on either side of it. A well-preserved section immediately to the E of this reservoir has been formed by cutting back into the hillside and banking up the roadway with the material thus obtained. It is noticeable that in the absence of efficient drainage the causeway has become very boggy at this point.

The road then continues towards Stronachlachar, but its later course becomes obscured by houses and gardens.

Visited by RCAHMS 6 May 1955

RCAHMS 1963.

4.01 350 095 Culvert

4.02 3506 0953 Culvert

4.03 3650 0952 Culvert

4.04 366 094 Culvert

4.05 367 094 Culvert

4.06 369 094 Culvert

4.07 3721 0956 Culvert

4.08 3734 0958 Culvert

4.09 3749 0961 Culvert

4.10 375 096 Culvert

4.11 3827 0953 Culvert

4.12 3850 0956 Culvert

4.13 3895 0980 Culvert

R Page and C Page 1989.

NN 3968 1002- NN 4005 1010 Old military road

Sponsor: West of Scotland Water

I Cullen and G Tompsett 1997.

Activities

Archaeological Evaluation (2 August 2011 - 4 August 2011)

NN 370 095 An evaluation of the 18th-century military road at Loch Arklet was carried out 2–4 August 2011. The evaluation targeted the intersection of the military road and an earlier pre-1718 road in order to record their relationship. Two culverts forming part of the road were also investigated. The work established that the 18th-century military road straightened and improved earlier phases of road construction, with well constructed culverts built to cross the numerous streams feeding Loch Arklet. No finds or earlier features were identified.

Archive: RCAHMS

Funder: Forestry Commission Scotland

Information from Calum Henderson and Jürgen van Wessel Headland (Headland Archaeology Ltd), September 2011. OASIS ID: headland1-110286

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