Hazelbank Braes
Water Regulation Installation (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hazelbank Braes
Classification Water Regulation Installation (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 360724
Site Number NS84SW 62
NGR NS 83610 44644
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/360724
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Lesmahagow
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit
Dressed stone culvert, running along the edge of the hill slope West to East, carrying water runoff from orchards further up the slope and formed by large rectangular stone basin, 0.9m in width, 0.75m in length and 0.2m deep, draining into a to smaller stone basin 0.55m in length and 0.9m in width tapering to 0.3m in width, toward the bottom of the slope and eventually leading underground to the large drainage ditch, Site 103 ([Canmore ID 360725] NS 83610 44644). System designed to regulate flow of water off the orchards in a controlled manner to avoid flooding or erosion of orchards.
Information from the Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (Northlight Heritage), 2017