Corrieyairack Pass Bridge, Melgarve is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1986. Bridge.
Corrieyairack Pass Bridge, Melgarve
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NN 468 960
- Coordinates
- 57.03044, -4.52466
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Corrieyairack Pass Bridge, built by General Wade between 1731 and 1732, is a single span hump-back bridge constructed from rubble. It features a tooled rubble arch ring and a parapet cope. There is a small hole in the crown of the bridge, and the parapet is partially collapsed on the north side. The approach from the east is widely splayed, and the span of the bridge measures 22 feet. Additionally, there is rubble reinforcement to the river bank upstream of the bridge.
Local climate
Corrieyairack Pass Bridge, Melgarve sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 82 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 65 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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