Monument record MHG34694 - ALLT TIGH A'PHOBUILL

A walkover survey in advance of a proposed afforestation scheme at Glen Spean was carried out by the Centre for Archaeology in 1998. Three sets of water tanks were found along allt tigh a 'phobuill. At this location a concrete tank had been incorporated within the water channel of Allt Tigh a'Phobuill. It presumably related to the water management remains present further downstream, towards Glenspean Lodge Hotel. The OS first edition map records two unroofed structures on the southeast bank of Allt Tigh a' Phobuill. These structures are absent from the second edition coverage of 1903. A single unroofed structure is depicted on the OS 1971 and subsequent editions. Field survey located two water tanks at this location. The upper tank was made of concrete and disused and was probably the feature identified on recent map editions. It had been set into, and heavily disturbed, the grassed remains of an earlier structure. Measuring approximately 8 m by 4 m and up to 0.8 m high; this latter probably represented one of the structures recorded on the OS first edition. The lower water filtering tank, c. 10 m downslope from this, was of recent origin and still in use. Two concrete water filtering tanks lay c. 2 m apart on the south-east slopes of the incised channel of Allt Tigh a' Phobuill. A concrete dam lay within the burn c. 10 m upstream. These disused features presumably related to the supply of water to Glenspean Lodge. <1>