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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 689837
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/689837
NX68NW 104 centred 607 860
For Carsfad Loch, dam (NX 60656 85669), see NX68NW 25.00.
Carsfad Loch [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.
Catchment area: 171 sq miles (443 sq km)
Top water surface: 338ft (103m) OD
Surface area: 100 acres (41 ha)
Drawdown (daily maximum variation of level): c. 2ft (0.6m)
Anon. 1934 ['Galloway Water Power Scheme'].
Carsfad Loch (Reservoir) has been formed by damming the Water of Ken. It supplies water to Carsfad Power Station (NX68NW 26), and is a major component of Stage II of the Galloway Hydro-Electric Scheme.
This structure crosses the boundary between the parishes of Kells and Dalry.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 October 2005.
Gibb and Partners et al. 1937.
