Monument record MHG37545 - CALEDONIAN CANAL, DOCHFOUR EMBANKMENT

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NH63NW 29.04 From 6087 3934 to 6117 3962.

In 1846 it was reported that it had been found necessary to widen this embankment through Loch Dochfour to enable it to carry a road.
J Lindsay 1968.

This embankment is clearly visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, sheet xix), on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1905, sheet xix), on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975) and on the OS Basic Scale raster map (ND).
The embankment carries the current A82 through the N part of Loch Dochfour, cutting off the NW section of the loch from the waterway formed by the Caledonian Canal linking lochs between Fort William and Inverness.
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 27 September 2001.