Wade Bridge, Drochaid A' Bhuilg Bhuidhe is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Wade Bridge, Drochaid A' Bhuilg Bhuidhe
- WRENN ID
- rooted-pier-bittern
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NN 554 931
- Coordinates
- 57.00691, -4.3816
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Wade Bridge, built between 1731 and 1732, is a single-span humpback bridge constructed of roughly dressed rubble stone. It features a segmental rubble arch and a parapet. Some later harl pointing has been applied to the stonework. The approximate span of the bridge is 27 feet. The course of the burn has been altered due to the construction of modern drainage canals. The bridge was built as part of General Wade's military roads in Scotland, as described in William Taylor's 1976 publication, The Military Roads in Scotland. It is located in Glen Shirra, crossing the Dry Burn, within the Cairngorms National Park.
Local climate
Wade Bridge, Drochaid A' Bhuilg Bhuidhe sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 83 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 67 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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