Pack Horse Bridge crosses the River Dulnain at Carrbridge Inverness-shire, in the Cairngorms National Park. XPL 4645-437
A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream. Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow (one horse wide) masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the horse's panniers. The Carrbridge crossing was built to allow funeral processions from the south to cross the River Dulnain while in spate, to reach Duthil Church. Packhorse bridges were often on built on the trade routes (often called packhorse routes) that formed major transport arteries across Britain until the coming of the turnpike roads and canals in the 18th century
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Location: Carrbridge, Strathspey, Inverness-shire. Highland Region Scotland. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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