Caledonian Canal, Torcastle Aqueduct — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Torcastle Aqueduct carries the Caledonian Canal across a Highland valley, its nineteenth-century stones still trusting the weight of moving water. The canal turned a rough coastal route into a direct inland road, forcing ships through red-rock cuts and past quiet villages where people measured their lives in tidal schedules and canal locks. The aqueduct remains a narrow bridge between two living waters, steady enough to remind that human arrogance often ends in humility when the sea reclaims what was taken.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Caledonian Canal, Torcastle Aqueduct as Aqueduct (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built in the early 19th century as part of the Caledonian Canal project, the Torcastle Aqueduct was constructed under the supervision of engineer Thomas Telford. It is remembered as a key engineering feature that facilitated the canal's passage over the Torcastle Burn, reflecting the ambitious infrastructure developments of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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