Upper Ogle Burn Bridge, Glen Ogle

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Stirling Planning Authority Stirling Parish Balquhidder National Park Loch Lomond And The Trossachs NGR NN 56423 27392 Coordinates 256423, 727392 — Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority Circa 1750. Single segmental-arched bridge, set relatively high above the water. Rubble arch set between rubble abutments with no parapet. A good and unaltered example of a mid 18th century road bridge, built as part of the original military road from Stirling to Fort William and therefore of considerable historical importance. — One of three rubble bridges on the line of the original military road through Glen Ogle. This bridge is near to the Parish boundary at the Northern end of Glen Ogle and is located a few yards below a stone embankment wall on the A84. The lie of the land makes it quite hard to see from a distance. The road through Glen Ogle was built as a part of a military road from Stirling to Fort William by General Caulfield in 1750-52, as part of the improvements carried out in the Highlands following the Jacobite uprisings. The road through Glen Ogle seems to have been constructed hastily along the bottom of the valley, crossing the Ogle Burn several times (see General Roy's map of c.1750), and was never considered to be very satisfactory as it is too low and boggy in places. At some point in the late 18th or early 19th century, the line of the road was re-drawn to that now occupied by the A84 (see list descriptions for bridges on A84 for further details). The old military road is now used as a footpath. This bridge is one of three rubble bridges that survive on the line of the original road. It appears to be in a relatively good condition. One of the other bridges is listed separately, as is another, sma

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.