Bridge, Gairnshiel Lodge is a Grade A listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971.
Bridge, Gairnshiel Lodge
- WRENN ID
- long-thatch-nightshade
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NJ 294 008
- Coordinates
- 57.09331, -3.16528
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a large, stone military road bridge, constructed around 1749. It features a steeply humped, single arch with a narrow span and a sweeping parapet on the southern side. The bridge is built of stone rubble and has thin flag coping along the parapet.
The bridge is an excellent example of those built on the Military Road connecting Blairgowrie to Fort George, a project completed in 1749. Following Jacobite unrest and the Battle of Culloden, the government initiated a road-building program in the Highlands under General Wade to improve communication for troops; this specific road was established by William Caulfield. The bridge sits within a dramatic rural setting, as evidenced on the 1866 Ordnance Survey map.
In 1994, the building’s category was upgraded from B to A, and the description and statement of significance were updated in 2018.
Local climate
Bridge, Gairnshiel Lodge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 86 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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