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The Mound Seaward side of The Mound, jetty and Sluice Bridge in foreground
SC 440376
Description The Mound Seaward side of The Mound, jetty and Sluice Bridge in foreground
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 440376
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content The Mound, Sutherland This massive embankment was built across Loch Fleet by Thomas Telford mainly to carry his great road north to Wick and Thurso, but also to allow land round Loch Fleet to be reclaimed. Flap sluices allowed fresh water to leave but kept salt water out. This view shows the sluices from the sea side. Telford provided four sluices, and Joseph Mitchell added two more in 1837. In this view the tide is flowing, so the sluice doors are shut. Beyond the sluices is the stone-pitched outer face of the earth mound The sluices still operate in the manner devised by Telford. This is still an amazing earthwork. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/160/8
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