{"id":1159,"date":"2019-08-21T19:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfoto.pl\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:48:11","slug":"scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland 2019 \u2013 day 4, Isle of Sky &#8211; Cill Chriosd, Elgol beach, Old Bridge of Sligachan and Fairy Pools Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On our first day of exploration of <strong>Isle of Skye<\/strong> we travel towards little known and hard to get to Elgol beach.The weather so far is what we would expect &#8211; drizzle turning to rain and back again. Before we get to the small village we stop at <strong>Cill Chrisod\u00a0 (Kilchrist)<\/strong> &#8211; a ruined, former parish church of Strath, built around the 16th century, replacing an earlier medieval church on the same location, which is believed to have a heritage of Christian worship dating back to the 7th century, when <strong>St Mael Ruba<\/strong> preached from nearby Cnoc na-Aifhreann.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1159 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5827\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5827-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5827-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5827-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1163'>\n\t\t\t\tCeltic cross at Kilchrist Cemetary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5831\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5831-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5831-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5831-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1164'>\n\t\t\t\tKilchrist ruins\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5832\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5832-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5832-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5832-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1165'>\n\t\t\t\tKilchrist cemetary \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5845\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5845-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5845-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5845-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1166'>\n\t\t\t\tferns growing on Kilchrist ruins\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5846\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5846-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5846-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5846-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1167'>\n\t\t\t\tKilchrist ruins\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5849\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5849-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5849-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5849-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1168'>\n\t\t\t\tCeltic cross at Kilchrist Cemetary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5853\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5853-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5853-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5853-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1169'>\n\t\t\t\tCeltic crosses at Kilchrist Cemetary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5855\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5855-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5855-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5855-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1170'>\n\t\t\t\tCeltic cross at Kilchrist Cemetary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Further along along winding narrow Elgol road climbs over ridges to finally descend to a lonely village of <strong>Elgol<\/strong> in heartland of the Mackinnons clan. In 1746, the Young Pretender found sanctuary at Elgol in the course of his wanderings under the protection of Captain John Mackinnon of Elgol who was a Jacobite. A tiny school overlooks stony bay with strangely sculpted cliffs.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1159 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5862\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5862-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5862-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5862-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1171'>\n\t\t\t\tSchool in Elgol\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5868\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5868-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5868-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5868-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5877\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5877-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5877-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5877-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5890\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5890-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5890-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5890-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5893\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5893-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5893-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5893-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5895\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5895-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5895-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5895-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5897\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5897-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5897-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5897-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5898\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5898-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5898-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5898-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Next up on the itinerary are waterfalls at Fairy Pools Glen. But before getting there we stop again (we did it in the morning, but it was just raining, so now the weather permits better photography) at <strong>Blackhill Waterfall<\/strong> near the main road.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-1159 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5910\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5910-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5910-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5910-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1179'>\n\t\t\t\tBlackhill Waterfall\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5920\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5920-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5920-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5920-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1180'>\n\t\t\t\tBlackhill Waterfall\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/scotland-2019-day-4-isle-of-sky-cill-chriosd-elgol-beach-old-bridge-of-sligachan-and-fairy-pools-glen\/dsc_5922\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5922-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5922-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_5922-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We stop at Sligachan Hotel for some images of stone <strong>Cill Chrisod<\/strong>\u00a0which was built between 1810 and 1818 by engineer Thomas Telford. The bridge was listed as a Category B and scheduled in 1971 and 1974, and while it has been de-scheduled the bridge in 2016 it is still listed as protected. 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