Old Bridge Of Forss is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 October 1997. Bridge.

Old Bridge Of Forss

WRENN ID
burning-chapel-dew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 October 1997
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
ND 041 674
Coordinates
58.58487, -3.65095
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Bridge of Forss is a single, high round-arched humpback bridge built in the mid-18th century. It features rubble construction with squared voussoirs and banked abutments. The bridge does not have a surviving parapet or road surface.

Local climate

Old Bridge Of 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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