MHG2615 - Bridge of Tarff

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BRIDGE (Undated)

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'There has been a wooden bridge on the River Tarff from time immemorial, close to the walls of Fort Augustus, kept in constant repair and rebuilt when requisite by government, but a few years ago it was greatly damaged and is now in a most ruinous state, so that it has become hazardous even to footpassengers'.
NSA (Wm Fraser) 1845

No trace of an old wooden bridge crossing the River Tarff here.
Visited by OS 28th February 1979.

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--- SHG2597 Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 14, 60.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 3799 0879 (50m by 50m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH30NE
Civil Parish	BOLESKINE AND ABERTARFF
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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