Mound Bridge

Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 18/03/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Golspie NGR NH 77549 98219 Coordinates 277549, 898219 — Thomas Telford, 1815-18 alterations, Joseph Mitchell, 1837. 6-arched rubble bridge; dressed rubble arch rings and parapet; triangular cutwaters on north side. Each arch fitted with flood-gates and hoisting gear. Small winch house flanks each side of bridge. Keeper's cottage; Single storey, wide 3-bay cottage with advanced and gabled centre bay. Entrance in south re-entrant angle masked by porch. All harled with tooled ashlar margins. Hoodmoulded tripartite in centre gable; similar bipartites in outer bays. Some small pane glazing survives; paired ridge stacks; slate roof with projecting joisted eaves. — Strathfleet closed by 1000 yard long eastern mound, connected to north bank by bridge. Flood-gates hold back water as tide rises, and allow fresh water to escape as tide recedes. Flood-gates now operated by engine. Considerable cost of $12,500 shared by County of Sutherland, Lord Gower ($8,000, Sutherland Estates) and Parliamentary Commissioners. 400 acres, previously covered with water at high tide, drained. Originally 4 arch bridge; 2 further arches added by Joseph Mitchell, 1837.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.