The old route from Inveraray to the Firth of Clyde involved travelling down Loch Eck, then crossing the River Eachaig to get to Dunoon – Mary Queen of Scots went this way in 1563. A small boat or punt called a coite carried passengers over the river, and the thatched house of the ferryman became known as the Cot House, eventually the Cot House Inn.[4]
Around 1835 David Napier built a road from Kilmun pier to Loch Eck as part of the "new route to Inveraray", and at this time the ferry was replaced by a wooden bridge. This in time needed replaced, and around the end of 1884 the Trustees of the Dunoon District of Roads, Argyllshire, arranged for engineers and contractors to construct a new malleable iron girder bridge spanning 70 feet (21 m) over the river; this bridge was completed in May 1885.[4] It is a single-span wrought iron double warren lattice truss bridge, spanning between abutments at each end with splayed stone parapets.[5]
The Eachaig Bridge built in 1885 across the River Eachaig at the Cot House Inn, Kilmun.[4]
This route was still shown in the Ordnance Survey 7th series one-inch map published in 1960, in following decades the A815 main road was realigned with a curve crossing the river on a new bridge to the north of the old bridge, and the A880 side road from Kilmun extended to join this as a side road.[6] The old bridge is still in place, and is a listed building as a rare example of an unaltered wrought iron bridge.[5]
Referencesedit
^Gilles, H.Cameron (1906). The Place-Names of Argyll(PDF). London: D.Nutt. p. 52. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
^"The Annual Close Time (River Eachaig Salmon Fishery District) Order 1995".
^ abcMcKillop, Tom. "The Eachaig Bridge". Historic Kilmun. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
^ ab"Kilmun, Eachaig Bridge Including Stone Parapets (LB50433)". Historic Environment Scotland. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
^"Explore georeferenced maps - OS one-inch map 7th series, see OpenTopoMap background for road realignment". National Library of Scotland. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2019. (OS map published 1960)
External linksedit
"River Eachaig circuit". Walkhighlands. Retrieved 23 April 2017. – description of 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) walk, includes pronunciation of "Eachaig".
river, eachaig, river, cowal, peninsula, argyll, bute, western, scotland, benmore, botanic, gardenetymologyplace, horses, physical, characteristicssourceloch, locationcowal, coordinates56, 038795, 9847063, 038795, 9847063, elevation24, mouthholy, loch, locatio. The River Eachaig is a river on the Cowal peninsula Argyll and Bute in western Scotland River EachaigThe River Eachaig at Benmore Botanic GardenEtymologyplace of horses 1 Physical characteristicsSourceLoch Eck locationCowal coordinates56 02 20 N 4 59 05 W 56 038795 N 4 9847063 W 56 038795 4 9847063 elevation24 m 79 ft MouthHoly Loch locationCowal coordinates55 59 54 N 4 57 06 W 55 998381 N 4 9517269 W 55 998381 4 9517269 elevationSea levelBasin featuresTributaries leftLittle Eachaig River River Massan rightInverchapel Burn The river flows from Loch Eck to the Holy Loch passing Benmore Botanic Garden Rashfield and Cot House It is joined by the Inverchapel Burn and the River Massan The Little Eachaig River joins the River Eachaig immediately before it empties into the Holy Loch 2 3 The old route from Inveraray to the Firth of Clyde involved travelling down Loch Eck then crossing the River Eachaig to get to Dunoon Mary Queen of Scots went this way in 1563 A small boat or punt called a coite carried passengers over the river and the thatched house of the ferryman became known as the Cot House eventually the Cot House Inn 4 Around 1835 David Napier built a road from Kilmun pier to Loch Eck as part of the new route to Inveraray and at this time the ferry was replaced by a wooden bridge This in time needed replaced and around the end of 1884 the Trustees of the Dunoon District of Roads Argyllshire arranged for engineers and contractors to construct a new malleable iron girder bridge spanning 70 feet 21 m over the river this bridge was completed in May 1885 4 It is a single span wrought iron double warren lattice truss bridge spanning between abutments at each end with splayed stone parapets 5 The Eachaig Bridge built in 1885 across the River Eachaig at the Cot House Inn Kilmun 4 This route was still shown in the Ordnance Survey 7th series one inch map published in 1960 in following decades the A815 main road was realigned with a curve crossing the river on a new bridge to the north of the old bridge and the A880 side road from Kilmun extended to join this as a side road 6 The old bridge is still in place and is a listed building as a rare example of an unaltered wrought iron bridge 5 References edit Gilles H Cameron 1906 The Place Names of Argyll PDF London D Nutt p 52 Retrieved 26 December 2018 bookings for everyone www fishpal com The Annual Close Time River Eachaig Salmon Fishery District Order 1995 a b c McKillop Tom The Eachaig Bridge Historic Kilmun Retrieved 28 February 2019 a b Kilmun Eachaig Bridge Including Stone Parapets LB50433 Historic Environment Scotland 1 October 2015 Retrieved 5 March 2019 Explore georeferenced maps OS one inch map 7th series see OpenTopoMap background for road realignment National Library of Scotland 29 October 2018 Retrieved 5 March 2019 OS map published 1960 External links editRiver Eachaig fishing closed season River Eachaig circuit Walkhighlands Retrieved 23 April 2017 description of 7 kilometres 4 3 mi walk includes pronunciation of Eachaig Benmore Botanic Garden nbsp Scotland portal nbsp This Argyll and Bute location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title River Eachaig amp oldid 1181480968, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
