5380 x 3573 px | 45,6 x 30,3 cm | 17,9 x 11,9 inches | 300dpi
Ubicazione:
Struie Hill, Bonar Bridge. Easter Ross. Highland Region. Scotland. United Kingdom.
Altre informazioni:
A river estuary that separates Sutherland from Ross-shire Based in Bonar Bridge, the Kyle of Sutherland Initiative was formed to further the development of the villages in central Sutherland. This is an area of some 680 square miles with a population of around 2500, which faces population loss, low incomes, high unemployment and remoteness. With members from three community councils and relevant agencies, the group was formed to address these problems by an integrated and proactive approach to community regeneration. Previously, the group had carried out a postal survey on ideas for community development The 1812 bridge, built by Thomas Telford (like so much else in the Highlands) was the first of three on this site. The original was destroyed in a flood in 1892 and rebuilt in 1893. The current elegant structure was opened on the 14th December 1973. An extremely interesting series of stone and metal plaques placed around a triangular cairn at the village end of the span chart the building of these bridges. Ironically enough, it was the building of another bridge in the 1980s that removed Bonar Bridge from the main road network. The Dornoch Firth Bridge was built much nearer the sea and cut well over 20 miles off the route of the A9 up the east coast. This has left Bonar Bridge a much quieter place than it was. But it remains an important local centre with all the services and facilities a visitor might need. On the opposite side of the Kyle of Sutherland from Bonar Bridge is Ardgay, complete with a railway station on the Inverness to Thurso line.
