Footbridge, Abhainn Cuileig is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 February 1993. Footbridge.
Footbridge, Abhainn Cuileig
- WRENN ID
- muffled-railing-finch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1993
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- NH 186 777
- Coordinates
- 57.75259, -5.04986
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This footbridge, built in the late 19th century for Sir John Fowler, features a single Warren design with a wrought-iron curved truss that spans approximately 18 meters. The bridge has a timber deck made of longitudinally planked wood supported by two parallel trusses. It is equipped with a tubular iron handrail and square-section standards.
Local climate
Footbridge, Abhainn Cuileig sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 79 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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