Whitebridge

The village's name comes from the old bridge over the River Fechlin which flows past the village. The old bridge, known as the Whitebridge due to the colouring of its stonework, was constructed in 1732 under the overall supervision of General Wade as part of a wider scheme to construct a military road through the area, in an attempt to suppress further Jacobite uprisings. The bridge construction was likely supervised locally under William Caulfield, a subordinate of Wades. The old bridge is still accessible to pedestrians. Duntirhal is a former ruined historic settlement located on the edge of Whitebridge in a sheep field towards Beinn Sgurrach. At one point in time, the settlement…