Major William Caulfeild was an officer in the British Army who is primarily known for his work supervising road and bridge construction in the Scottish Highlands in the 18th century.
[4] After the departure of General Wade in 1740, Caulfeild became responsible for directing all construction of new roads and bridges in Scotland until his death.
[5] The largest individual lengths of roads built under the direction of Caulfeild included the military roads from Stirling to Fort William (93 miles), Coupar Angus to Fort George (100 miles), and Bridge of Sark to Port Patrick.
[6] During the Jacobite rising of 1745 Caulfeild also served in the position of quartermaster to Sir John Cope.
[3] In later life, Caulfeild lived at his home Cradlehall which was built just outside Inverness.