Loch Of Lintrathen Reservoir, Dam
Dam (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Of Lintrathen Reservoir, Dam
Classification Dam (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dundee Waterworks
Canmore ID 259056
Site Number NO25SE 63
NGR NO 28237 54665
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259056
- Council Angus
- Parish Lintrathen
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO25SE 63 28237 54665
A dam containing Loch of Lintrathen Reservoir, which has supplied the city of Dundee with water since 1875. Water is stored in the Backwater Reservoir 4km to the N of Loch of Lintrathen, which connected to Loch of Lintrathen by the Back Water'. The water leaves Loch of Lintrathen through sluices at Bridgend of Lintrathen, heading S past Lintrathen Mill towards Dundee in the 'Melgam Water', which joins the River Isla 3 km to the S at Airlie Castle.
Information from RCAHMS (MKO), 2002.
Loch of Lintrathen
(Reservoir) [NAT] (centred NO 2811 5473)
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
