EHG2986 - Watching brief on underground electricity cable, Kingshouse to Altnafeadh, Glencoe

A watching brief was undertaken during the excavation of a trench for an underground cable to replace the 33kv overhead power line from Kingshouse to Altnafeadh, Glencoe. The existing overhead line ran close to, and in places crossed, the Tyndrum to Fort William military road. Most of the new cable was laid using a mole plough, but at the point where the cable crossed the military road an open trenching technique was used. The trench measured 8m by 0.7m with a depth of 1m. This was monitored archaeologically and a section across the road was drawn. <1>