Turret Bridge, Glen Roy is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Turret Bridge, Glen Roy
- WRENN ID
- scarred-turret-onyx
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NN 338 918
- Coordinates
- 56.98752, -4.73617
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Turret Bridge is a probably mid-18th century single-span rubble bridge situated over the River Turret in Glen Roy. The bridge features a dressed rubble arch ring and a low, roughly dressed rubble parapet. The approximate span of the bridge is 20 feet. It stands on the old road connecting the Corrieyairack Road (constructed by General Wade in 1731) with Roy Bridge and Glen Spean.
Local climate
Turret Bridge, Glen Roy sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,600 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 76 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 59 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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