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Field Visit
Date April 1996 - May 1996
Event ID 1007723
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1007723
This dam extends from NM 2833 2478 to NM 2851 2465. It forms a large barrier, 11.0m wide and c.1.5m high, composed of earth and water-worn boulders. A deep drain runs parallel to the immediate east of the dam and a cross drain cuts through the north-west end of the monument while the south-east end is truncated by a track and drain. The upper surface of the dam has been affected by the dumping of material removed from the drainage ditch. The monument is greatly reduced in scale to the north-west of the cross drain and continues as a trackway for 20.0m in the next field.
The drainage ditches are thought to have been dug by John MacArthur in the late 1840s or early 1850s.
Lochan Mor (also known as Abbot's Fish-pond) was a small sheet of water which is now drained. The dam served the mill, the remains of which were extant in to the late 18th century, as were traces of a sluice.
(ION96 021)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
