Archaeology Notes

Event ID 680893

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN31NW 13 3184 1776 to 3187 1824

This, the only canal constructed in Breadalbane, was a quarter-mile (400m) branch from the River Falloch to a large basin near the coaching-inn [Inverarnan Hotel: NN31NW 14] at Inverarnan. The canal, which is still in existence, made it possible for Loch Lomond steamers to penetrate 2 miles (3.2 km) beyond the head of the loch. There were no locks.

J Lindsay 1958.

The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet ci) notes Canal [NAT] and indicates a near-straight length of canal running from N to S between the sinuous course of the Allt Arnan (to the W) and the straighter River Falloch (to the E). What has evidently been a basin is depicted at the N end of the canal and has apparently been fed by a lade or channel from the Allt Arnan. [The OS Name Book for Killin parish does not survive].

Information from RCAHMS (AKK, RJCM), 28 November 1997.