Old Bridge, Ogle Burn, Glen Ogle

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 06/09/1979 Local Authority Stirling Planning Authority Stirling Parish Balquhidder National Park Loch Lomond And The Trossachs NGR NN 58284 25294 Coordinates 258284, 725294 — Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority Circa 1750. Single segmental-arched bridge. 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. — The largest of three surviving rubble bridges on the line of the original military road through Glen Ogle. This bridge crosses the Ogle Burn about 1km North of Glenogle Farm and about 100 yards North of the A85 bridge over the Allt an Sput Dhuibh. 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 A85 (see list descriptions for bridges on A85 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.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.