Errochty Reservoir
Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Errochty Reservoir
Classification Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Errochty; Glen Errochty; Errochty Water; Allt Sleibh; Allt Ruighe Nan Saorach; Tummel Hydro-electricity Scheme
Canmore ID 277909
Site Number NN66NE 8
NGR NN 68585 65263
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277909
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Blair Atholl
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN66NE 8 68585 65263
Extends onto map sheets and NN76SW.
For submerged and adjacent field monuments, see NN66NE 6 and NN66NE 7 and NN66SE 1 and NN66SE 2.
For (associated) Errochty Power Station (NN 7727 5929), see NN75NE 79.
For (associated) Errochty Switching Station (centred NN 7695 5909), see NN75NE 80.
For (associated) Errochty Dam (NN 71411 65622), see NN76NW 9.
Loch Errochty
Top water level 329 metres above Newlyn datum 1962 [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1974 [name centred NN 686 652].
This extensive reservoir forms part of the Tummel Hydro-Electricity Scheme. It is situated above Trinafour, and falls across the boundary between the parishes of Blair Atholl (to the NE) and Fortingall (to the SW). It has been formed by damming the Errochty Water; the Allt Sleibh and the Allt Ruighe nan Saorach enter from the WNW and WSW respectively.
The location assigned to this record indicates the centre of the water area.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 December 2005.
