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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 772702
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/772702
HY20SE 2.01 2822 0036 to 2866 0050
Inclined tramway to Scad Battery (HY20SE 2.00) the course of which is still visible. Part of the winding gear is still extant at HY 2818 0035.
The tramway summit is approximately 80m from the road and some of the winding gear is still in situ, most notably a large intermediate winding wheel. At regular intervals on the incline, metal and wooden sleepers can still be seen along with some of the cable guide rollers. At the foot of the incline, a short stretch of track still attached to metal sleepers, survives at a point where water coming off the incline has severely eroded the bank.
The tramway continued from the bottom of the incline on an embankment crossing a deeply cut course of a burn at ND 2880 0050 on a stone built bridge and embanked section. The tramway ends in a small group of sidings immediately to the S of the observation tower at the battery
Visited by RCAHMS (DE) May 1996
