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Loch Nant, Dam
Dam (20th Century)
Site Name Loch Nant, Dam
Classification Dam (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Awe Hydroelectric Power Scheme
Canmore ID 173670
Site Number NN02SW 56
NGR NN 00269 24935
NGR Description From NN 0014 2497 to NN 0041 2493
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173670
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilchrenan And Dalavich
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (2010)
Nant dam provides the required storage capacity for the conventional high head hydro section of the Awe scheme. The dam is of mass gravity type with a fixed spillway. The dam is designed to prevent the loss of water out of the catchment over a separate watershed. The associated intake gatehouse is located further up the loch (see separate item). Water from the dam is used in a cascade running through Nant and Inverawe Power Stations (see separate items). Nant Dam is a reasonably standard example of a mass concrete gravity dam. The dam occupies a wide section of upper Glen Nant. It is of standard design and has no significant landscape contribution. PL Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.
