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The day we visited Bonar was hot with blue skies which would have been more at home in Greece than Scotland, I had spotted the Clock Tower so nothing else to do we wandered up Kirk Brae to check out the Church which stood high above the village. We were not disappointed by our find, Creich Parish Church or to give it its Gaelic name of Craoich has a wonderful clock tower and is very picture perfect. The name Creich refers to the Parish which extends west along thirty five miles along the left bank of the Kyle. The clock was made in Nottingham maybe a place for clock makers? Surprisingly the Church was built in 1913 just before WWl when money was not in plentiful supply. Even from the outside (the Church was closed during our visit) the stained glass windows were very decorative even if we had to read the inscriptions in mirror image. The long walk up the hill was worth the effort to see this Parish Kirk.
Updated Nov 27, 2008
Address: Kirk Brae Bonar Bridge
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The village of Bonar Bridge was named just Bonar before the building of the bridge. It dates back to the 1300's when an Iron Foundry was established here to take advantage of the iron ore which was dragged here from the West Coast. Today you see no relics of the iron industry just a sleeply little village with one main street dispaying pastel coloured buildings on one side and the natural scenes of the Kyle of Sutherland on the other side which have been here since time began. As well as the pretty pastel coloured shops and houses you will also see some fine examples of Victorian architecture with their stepped gables end buildings. Bonar Bridge is not a tourist place but more a practical place in these remote parts. The village provides almost everything a tourist may need to continue travelling around Sutherland. If you do cross the bridge here you will come to Ardgay where you can follow the thirty three mile walk which goes from East Coast to West Coast ending at the head of Loch Broom at Ullapool. We did travel from coast to coast but didn't walk - the road journey is much longer in miles but you do see much more of this area.
Updated Nov 24, 2008
Address: Bonar Bridge
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We arrived at Bonar Bridge from Lairg so we had no need to cross this bridge. The bridge dominates this small unassuming village as it spans the Kyle of Sutherland in clean lines and a certain beauty especially on our visit when it was framed by blue sky. The original bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, who incidently designed planned villages and bridges throughout the Highlands, was constructed in 1812 and opened in November of that year. Its fate fell to flooding in 1892 and was rebuilt in 1893. The Bonar Bridge we see today was opened on the 14th. of December 1973. The building of the Dornoch Firth Bridge in the 1980's saw the village of Bonar fall back in the visitors stakes, the Dornoch Bridge was build much nearer the sea and cut off twenty miles of journey time to the far North. On the village side of the bridge there is an interesting display of stone and iron plaques spanning the history of the bridges which have graced the Kyle here in Sutherland. There is a nice seating area where you can watch for the emerging traffic or really just a few lorries and cars which cross in very small numbers, but good to know the Bonar Bridge is still in use and makes such a pretty crossing.
Updated Nov 23, 2008
Address: Bonar Bridge
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We arrived at Bonar Bridge from Lairg so we had no need to cross this bridge. The bridge dominates this small unassuming village as it spans the Kyle of...
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Bonar Bridge a place to pass through
We had two visits to Bonar Bridge on our Summer trip to Sutherland. The village is not exactly a tourist magnet nor does it hold any dramatic Highland scenery. However it is a friendly place to stop...
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About 15 miles north of Tain there is a place called Ardgay. Across the Kyles of Sutherland from it lies the sleepy town of Bonar Bridge. The two places are linked by a bridge. Once over the bridge......
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