Old Bridge Over River Dulnain, Carrbridge is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Bridge.

Old Bridge Over River Dulnain, Carrbridge

WRENN ID
nether-bastion-smoke
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
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NH 906 229
Coordinates
57.28382, -3.81586
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Bridge over the River Dulnain in Carrbridge is a high single span humpback bridge built in 1717. It features a rubble construction with a tooled rubble arch ring that springs from a natural rock abutment. Unfortunately, neither the surfacing nor the parapet of the bridge has survived.

Local climate

Old Bridge Over River Dulnain, Carrbridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 69 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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