Archaeology Notes

Event ID 729501

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX68NW 25.00 60656 85669

Dam [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.

NX68NW 25.01 NX 60657 85667 Outlet Valve

NX68NW 25.02 NX 60506 85485 to NX 60555 85431 Aqueduct

For quarry (presumably associated) at NX 60253 85539, see NX68NW 110.

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 Dam

Purpose: to create head and provide daily storage

Type: arch and gravity

Maximum height of footway above river-bed: 70ft (21.3m)

Total length along crest (including intake): 1650ft (503m)

Length of arch portion of dam: 328ft (100m)

Radius of arch portion of dam: 190ft (57.9m)

Spillway level: 338ft (103m) OD

Normal maximum depth over crest: 3ft (0.9m)

Overfall spillway length: 736ft (224.4m)

Normal maximum spillway capacity: 14500 cusecs

Anon. 1938 ['Galloway Hydro-Electric Development'].

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.

Rock for the construction of this dam has probably been derived from the quarry (NX68NW 110) that is situated uphill to the W.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 May 2009.