Bridge, Drochaid Mhor

This is a single-span rubble bridge, known as Drochaid Mhor, constructed between 1822 and 1825 as part of the Highland Roads project under Joseph Mitchell, General Inspector of Highland Roads. The bridge crosses the River Kishorn. The western side of the bridge, approaching from Applecross, curves to follow the line of the hillside. It features a drystone causeway approach. The bridge is built with rubble stone, with a dressed rubble arch ring and parapet, and has shallow buttresses at each end. The bridge’s construction linked the 1822-25 Kishorn-Applecross road with the circa 1815 Parliamentary Road from Lochcarron to Shieldaig, which passes within approximately 100 yards of the bridge at Tornapress. Tenders for the bridge's construction were advertised in the Inverness Journal in September 1822 and February 1825.