Loch Ericht, Dam
Dam (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Ericht, Dam
Classification Dam (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Grampian Hydroelectric Scheme
Canmore ID 288878
Site Number NN68SW 16
NGR NN 63200 84181
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288878
- Council Highland
- Parish Kingussie And Insh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (2010)
This dam raised the level of Loch Ericht to provide reservoir storage and sufficient head for the powerhouse at Rannoch (see separate record). Unusually for hydropower Loch Ericht provides the storage for the baseload generation which characterises Rannoch station. The dam is of the gravity type over 1,400 feet long. P L Payne, 1988; E Wood, 2002; J Miller,2002.
