Loch Doon Tunnel
Tunnel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Doon Tunnel
Classification Tunnel (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Doon Tunnel; Loch Doon Storage Works; Loch Doon Reservoir; Cullendoch Hill; Water Of Deugh; Galloway Hydro-electric Scheme
Canmore ID 276233
Site Number NX59NW 44
NGR NX 50221 97438
NGR Description NX 50221 97438 to NX 52150 97360
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/276233
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Carsphairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX59NW 44.00 50221 97438 to 52150 97360
NX59NW 44.01 NX 50221 97438 Intake
For Loch Doon, Reservoir (centred NX 49 97) and associated structures, see NX49NE 20.
For (Drumjohn) pipeline to E (NX 52150 97360 to NX 52547 97517), see NX59NW 45.
The pre-existing Loch Doon was dammed and the water level raised to form a major element of stage II of the Galloway Hydro-electric Scheme. This tunnel passes beneath Cullendoch Hill, and forms part of the link between the Water of Deugh and Loch Doon.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 October 2005.
Gibb and Partners et al. 1937.
