Bridge Of Forss, Forss is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 May 1974. Bridge.

Bridge Of Forss, Forss

WRENN ID
twisted-tower-sage
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 May 1974
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
ND 037 686
Coordinates
58.59522, -3.65814
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Bridge of Forss is a two-span bridge built in the late 18th or early 19th century, which has been widened on the south side at a later date. It is constructed from rubble, featuring segmental dressed rubble arch rings with concrete facing on the south side. The bridge has rounded cutwaters and dressed rubble parapets.

Local climate

Bridge Of Forss, Forss sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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