EHG4699 - Watching Brief - Cullochy Combing Weir, Caledonian Canal

On Sunday the 8th March 2015 Cullochy Weir (Fig 1) was breached by unusually high water levels, a combination of high rainfall and snow-melt. The water surge washed away approximately a 10m length of weir, the weir’s stone pitching protection facing the River Oich and 35m of northern embankment. Cullochy Weir forms part of the Scheduled Monument that is the Caledonian Canal, Loch Oich to Cullochy Lock (Index No 6495). This report presents the results of an archaeological watching brief carried out during the removal of the remaining weir structure on the 26th and 27th March 2015.<1>