EHG5425 - Walkover and condition survey - Beauly to Denny 400kV Overhead Transmission Line, Melgarve

A rapid archaeological condition survey was undertaken by Northlight Heritage in 2015 on General Wade's Military Road (Scheduled Monument No. 6129) as part of the Beauly to Denny 400kV overhead line development programme and specifically in relation to the dismantling of the existing 132kV overhead line. The survey focused on a scheduled stretch of the C18 military road which ran from Melgarve in the east to a point approximately 2km to the west where Beauly to Denny Track 19 crossed Wade’s Road. The survey also took in an area to the east of Melgarve either side of the Allt Fieth a Mhoraire. The current condition of the road was recorded along with points of specific cultural heritage interest. Sections of the monument which had the potential to suffer from future erosion or damage were also noted. <1>