Old Bridge, Fort Augustus is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Old Bridge, Fort Augustus

WRENN ID
eternal-jamb-thistle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NH 380 093
Coordinates
57.1466, -4.67803
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Bridge in Fort Augustus is a single span of an earlier 18th century multi-span bridge that remains on the north bank of the river. It is connected to the south bank by a 19th century four-span wooden trestle bridge. The earlier bridge is constructed of rubble and features a single segmental dressed arch ring that springs from a low pier. This pier is supported by substantial ashlar triangular cutwaters that rise as heavy triangular buttresses.

Local climate

Old Bridge, Fort Augustus sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 58 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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