Flooded River Rages Under Historic Bridge in Scottish Highlands

The flooded River Dulnain roiled under Carrbridge’s historic “Coffin Bridge,” the oldest packhorse bridge in the Scottish Highlands, on Wednesday, August 7.

The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) issued a flood warning for the area.

SEPA said that heavy rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning caused “very high” water levels in the River Dulnain and its tributaries that “are continuing to rise.”

Lee Schofield, who livestreamed the video to his amateur meteorology Facebook page Highland & Islands Weather, said, “All it’s going to take is one hell of a tree to come down when the river is in spate. It could be a very sad ending.”

According to SEPA, the river’s usual depth is 0.37 meters; its level on August 7 was 2.08 meters. The highest level on record is 2.53 meters, observed in 1990.

The plaque on the bridge says the structure was built between May and November 1717, and was mainly used to transport coffins for burial at the nearby church at Duthil. Credit: Highland & Islands Weather via Storyful