Drochaid Undalain Bridge, Shiel Bridge is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
Drochaid Undalain Bridge, Shiel Bridge
- WRENN ID
- odd-corridor-wagtail
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NG 937 186
- Coordinates
- 57.2124, -5.41742
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Drochaid Undalain Bridge, located by Shiel Bridge, dates to approximately 1815. It is a wide, single-span stone arched bridge constructed of rubble stone with a dressed stone arch ring and a low parapet. The bridge has splayed approaches. A repair girder is present. The bridge was built as part of the Parliamentary road construction project from Glenmoriston to Shiel Bridge in 1815. It is now bypassed by the new alignment of the A87 road. Historical records, including advertisements for tenders from February 27, 1815, and publications such as The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, provide further details about the bridge’s construction.
Local climate
Drochaid Undalain Bridge, Shiel Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,160 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 71 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 54 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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