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Wade's Bridge
The man credited in the National Anthem with the ability to frustrate
and crush rebellious Scots is also the man who brought the first proper
roads to the Highlands. Major-General George Wade was Commander-in-Chief
of North Britain from 1724 until 1740, during which time he had military
routes across the Highlands improved by building two hundred and forty
miles of road and forty bridges.
Among these achievement were the roads negotiating the Great Glen,
Corrieyairack Pass and the Aberfeldy Tay Bridge.
Key
Stones
The key stone or centre stone is the most important stone in the bridge.
This stone holds the arch together and without it the bridge would
collapse.
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