Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 882015
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/882015
Lawers dam is a large buttress dam which contains Lochan na Lairgie. Additional water flows into the dam from an extensive series of catchments spreading behind Ben Lawers. The dam is of similar design to Giorra dam (see separate item) with twin control towers flanking a central fixed spillway. One tower contains a gate to control the dispersal valve the other the tunnel intake leading to Finlarig power station (see separate item). Lawers dam is a large buttress dam located in a prominent position on the flanks of Ben Lawers. The dam is of relatively standard construction and is of a type characteristic of the design of dams throughout the Breadalbane Scheme. PL Payne, 1988, 24; E Wood, 2002, 50.
