Lower Foyers Bridge, Foyers is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Bridge.
Lower Foyers Bridge, Foyers
- WRENN ID
- tired-thatch-snow
- 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 495 207
- Coordinates
- 57.25301, -4.4963
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Lower Foyers Bridge, built in 1862 by engineer George McKay, is a high single span bridge made of tooled rubble that crosses the Lower Foyers gorge. It features a tooled ashlar segmental arch ring, a pulvinated string course, and a parapet cope. The parapet is fitted with a modern safety fence. A datestone with a crest is located in the center of the north face above the arch. The approximate span of the bridge is 70 feet.
Local climate
Lower Foyers Bridge, Foyers sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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