{{Short description|Pass in the Scottish Highlands}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} thumb|250px|A well-preserved section of General Wade's Military Road near Melgarve, looking west up towards the Corrieyairack Pass [[File:Garva Bridge over River Spey on General Wade's Military Road to Corrieyairack.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Garva Bridge over River Spey on General Wade's military road to Corrieyairack Pass and Fort Augustus, looking northeast. The Pass is to the west.]] thumb|250px|Corrieyairack Pass lies between Fort Augustus and Laggan in the Scottish highlands.
The '''Corrieyairack Pass''' (Scottish Gaelic – ''Màm Choire Ghearraig'') is a 770 m (2526 ft) high pass in the Scottish Highlands at {{gbmapping|NN417986}}. It is notable for the presence of one of General Wade's military roads, built at the time of the Jacobite risings in the eighteenth century.
==Military road==
This pass would be relatively obscure were it not for General Wade's military road built over it in 1731, between Fort Augustus in the Great Glen to the north and Melgarve in Strath Spey in the south. This path almost became the site of a major battle in the Jacobite rising of 1745, when Prince Charles Edward Stuart encamped at the height of the pass, and the Government commander approached from the south to quell the rebellion. The Government forces retreated due to the strongly entrenched position of the Jacobite Forces.
==The pass today==
thumb|Zig-zags near the top of the pass
The Highland Council states that the Corrieyairack Pass is not maintained as a public road, and is not suitable for use as one, so it advises against using motor vehicles on the pass.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BAC9FCE5-9819-44E5-AB54-687E941908A7/0/CorrieyairackPass.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-11-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306000110/http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BAC9FCE5-9819-44E5-AB54-687E941908A7/0/CorrieyairackPass.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-06 }}</ref> The road surface is made of stone, though it is now very eroded and damaged, and in many places the original paving has been lost. It is now used primarily by hikers and mountain bikers, as well as access for workers maintaining the adjacent electricity pylon line.
The military road is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument<ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/enterprise/inquiries/rei/ec04-reis-highlandcouncil.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/enterprise/inquiries/rei/ec04-reis-highlandcouncil.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317014233/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/enterprise/inquiries/rei/ec04-reis-highlandcouncil.htm |date=2005-03-17 }} ''scottish.parliament.uk''</ref> with separate listings for each section, these being from south-east to north-west: *Melgarve to Allt Ruadh {{convert|4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM6219|desc=Corrieyairack Pass,military road,Melgarve to Allt Ruadh|access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref> *Allt Ruadh to watershed {{convert|1.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM6218|desc=Corrieyairack Pass,military road,Allt Ruadh to watershed|access-date=29 March 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> *watershed to Allt Lagan a'Bhainne {{convert|3.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM6140|desc=Corrieyairack Pass,military road,watershed to Allt Lagan a'Bhainne|access-date=29 March 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> *Allt Lagan a'Bhainne to Black Burn {{convert|2.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM6141|desc=Corrieyairack Pass,military road,Allt Lagan a'Bhainne to Black Burn|access-date=29 March 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> *Black Burn to Connachie Burn {{convert|3.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM6142|desc=Corrieyairack Pass,military road,Black Burn to Connachie Burn|access-date=29 March 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> *Connachie Burn to Culachy {{convert|1|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM6143|desc=Corrieyairack Pass,military road,Connachie Burn to Culachy|access-date=29 March 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
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