Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 881946
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881946
This dam controls the outflow from Loch Doon allowing storage capacity to be developed in the loch. Water is fed out at the S end of the loch into the River Deuch which conveys it down towards Kendoon. The dam is at the N end of the loch and regulates the flow across the watershed of the River Doon. The dam has a highly unusual octagonal section spiral fish ladder integrated into the upstream wall. This dam is of combined arch and gravity type and has an integrated spillway. The arcaded parapeted walkway to the top accommodates the public road. The design contains a highly unusual fish ladder which consists of an octagonal drum with an ascending spiral of linked water filled chambers. The dam is a significant landscape feature in an area of low moorland terrain. P L Payne, 1988, 24; E Wood, 2002, 50; G Hill, 1984.
