Bridge Over Balloch Burn, Forter is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1980.

Bridge Over Balloch Burn, Forter

WRENN ID
grey-rood-nettle
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 January 1980
OS grid reference
NO 179 644
Coordinates
56.76482, -3.34333
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Bridge of Forter is a small bridge featuring a single segmental arch made of rubble. The parapets widen at the approaches. It was built in the second half of the 19th century and has later concrete soffits. The eastern parapet is damaged.

Local climate

Bridge Over Balloch Burn, Forter sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 88 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 64 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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