Posted in Bridges, Trips at 12:00 on 24 September 2015
Telford’s Bridge (see previous post) spans the falls of the River Moriston at Invermoriston village.
The falls from the side of Thomas Telford’s Bridge:-

From the bridge itself:-

Upper falls of River Moriston from Thomas Telford’s bridge:-

Looking to the “new” bridge, which was built in the 1930s:-

Arch of “new” bridge at Invermoriston. I don’t know what the structure that can be seen through the arch and is perched above the river is:-

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Posted in Bridges, Trips, War Memorials at 18:00 on 23 September 2015
Invermoriston lies near Loch Ness, in the Highlands, 7 miles from the loch’s foot at Fort Augustus.
Apart from some Highland cows in a field by the car park and its War Memorial (which I featured here) its most interesting feature is the bridge built by engineer Thomas Telford in 1813.
The bridge was superseded by a new one in the 1930s and its approaches are now in considerable disrepair:-

This is taken from off to the right of the one above:-

Viewing it from down on the river from the other side of the bridge reveals its two arches:-

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Posted in War Memorials at 12:00 on 16 July 2015
A simple granite obelisk on a stepped granite plinth. Situated at junction of A 82 and A 887, in Invermoriston village, just off Loch Ness.
“To Our Glorious Dead.” 14 WW1 names, 6 WW2.

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