Clapper Bridge, Allt A' Pholl-Choire is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 March 2000. Clapper bridge.

Clapper Bridge, Allt A' Pholl-Choire

WRENN ID
proud-plinth-curlew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 March 2000
Type
Clapper bridge
OS grid reference
NG 860 787
Coordinates
57.74766, -5.59633
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Clapper Bridge, built in the early to mid 19th century, features six spans over the Allt a' Pholl-Choire. It is supported by rubble piers and has flat arches, each spanned by a single stone lintel. The rubble entablature is missing in some areas.

Local climate

Clapper Bridge, Allt A' Pholl-Choire sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,820 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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.

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