Glenshee Bridge carrying former military road over Shee Water, excluding 20th century railings, Spittal of Glenshee, Glenshee is a Grade A listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Bridge.
Glenshee Bridge carrying former military road over Shee Water, excluding 20th century railings, Spittal of Glenshee, Glenshee
- WRENN ID
- under-remnant-river
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NO 108 701
- Coordinates
- 56.81391, -3.46115
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Glenshee Bridge is an early 18th century military road bridge spanning the Shee Water within the Spittal of Glenshee. Constructed of rubble with roughly worked voussoirs forming the arch, it is a large single-arched structure. The carriageway is hump-backed and surfaced with modern materials; the bridge remains in use by vehicles, although the A93 now bypasses the village and bridge. Low stone parapets border each side of the carriageway, and the bridge is sprung from bedrock on either side of the river.
The bridge is part of the Braemar to Blairgowrie military road route, and was likely constructed between 1749 and 1763 as part of the wider military road building programme commissioned by Generals Wade and Caulfeild. This programme, which totalled approximately 1700km of road across Scotland, initially focused on roads connecting fortifications and garrisons between 1725 and the 1750s, before expanding to include routes between Dunkeld and Inverness, and branches connecting Crieff, Stirling, Dumbarton, Inverary, Coupar Angus, Fort George, and Amulree.
The bridge appears largely unaltered, with evidence of metal pinning and stone and mortar conservation works. The 20th century railings are excluded from the listing.
Local climate
Glenshee Bridge carrying former military road over Shee Water, excluding 20th century railings, Spittal of Glenshee, Glenshee sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 87 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 64 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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