Achnagavin Bridge, Claggan is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1985. Bridge.

Achnagavin Bridge, Claggan

WRENN ID
ghost-quartz-harvest
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 May 1985
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NM 697 496
Coordinates
56.58218, -5.75148
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Achnagavin Bridge, built in 1821, is a simple humpback bridge made of rubble. It features a tooled rubble arch ring and parapet. On the south face of the north parapet, there is an inscribed ashlar plaque with a Gaelic inscription and the date.

Local climate

Achnagavin Bridge, Claggan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,940 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Claggan School, Ardtornish Estate Grade B 210 m
  2. Schoolhouse, Claggan School, Ardtornish Estate Grade B 213 m
  3. Single Cable Suspension Bridge, Ardtonish Estate Grade B 493 m
  4. Acharn Farmhouse, Ardtornish Estate Grade C 867 m
  5. Larachbeg Old Laundry, Ardtornish Estate Grade C 1.3 km
  6. 6 Larachbeg, Ardtornish Estate Grade B 1.3 km
  7. 5 Larachbeg, Ardtornish Estate Grade B 1.3 km
  8. 4 Larachbeg, Ardtornish Estate Grade B 1.3 km
  9. 3 Larachbeg, Ardtornish Estate Grade B 1.4 km
  10. 2 Larachbeg, Ardtornish Estate Grade B 1.4 km