MHG34476 - RUTHVEN - CATLODGE MILITARY ROAD

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NN69SW 12.00 6499 9336 to 6335 9294. MR 5 (formerly Lin 503).

NN69SW 12.01 6371 9299 Bridge.

This junction road, possibly created to avoid Wade being forced to take his troops back S to Dalwhinnie or N via Inverness when moving them from Ruthven to Fort Augustus, follows the line of the modern road via Breakachy to link at Catlodge, sometimes known as Cat Cleugh, with Wade's military road from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus (NN69SW 13, MR 4).
J B Salmond 1938; W Taylor 1976; J and A Baker 1982.

The military road runs along the S side of the Spey Valley to Catlodge at NN 633 929.
Visited by OS (NKB) 2 March 1979.

NN 6499 9336 to NN 6335 9294 modern road on line.
NN 6371 9299 bridge rebuilt in steel, stone abutments (NN69SW 12.01).
Visited by OS (NKB) February and March 1979.

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Grid reference Centred NN 6400 9304 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NN69SW
Civil Parish LAGGAN
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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