MHG44712 - Salisbury's Dam, Rhum
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- LADE (Undated)
Protected Status
Full Description
This massive structure was built in the late 1840's to divert the head waters of the Kilmory River through a rock-cut lade into the Kinloch River, but was breached at the NW end a few days after the reservoir was filled. The curving dam is formed by two battered drystone walls enclosing an earth core and measures 10.5m in thickness at the base about 5.8m in height. Its original length was about 60m of which 45m survive. The lade (NM 364 999 to NG 367 000) measures about 300m in length and includes a rock-cut section up to 7m wide and 4m deep. The footings of a rectangular building (9.2m by 3m internally) are situated on the S side of the lade 190m ENE of the dam.
Visited by RCAHMS June 1983.
Two contemporary stone buttresses are bonded into the front of the dam. Upstream from the building are the remains of a bridge which once formed access across the channel.
NMRS MS/868/1
An unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, Islands of Rum, Sanday etc., 1879, sheet lx), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 December 1996
NM39NE 27 3635 9992
This massive structure was built in the late 1840's to divert the
head waters of the Kilmory River through a rock-cut lade into the Kinloch River, but was breached at the NW end a few days after the reservoir was filled. The curving dam is formed by two battered drystone walls enclosing an earth core and measures 10.5m in thickness at the base about 5.8m in height. Its original length was about 60m of which 45m survive. The lade (NM 364 999 to NG 367 000) measures about 300m in length and includes a rock-cut section up to 7m wide and 4m deep. The footings of a rectangular building (9.2m by 3m internally) are situated on the S side of the lade 190m ENE of the dam.
Visited by RCAHMS June 1983.
Two contemporary stone buttresses are bonded into the front of the dam. Upstream from the building are the remains of a bridge which once formed access across the channel.
NMRS MS/868/1
An unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, Islands of Rum, Sanday etc., 1879, sheet lx), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 December 1996
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG14271 Image/Photograph(s): Salisbury's Dam, Rhum. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14272 Image/Photograph(s): Salisbury's Dam, Rhum. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2674 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1983. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Rhum, Lochaber District, Highland Region. . 25, No.189.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred NM 3635 9991 (20m by 20m) (2 map features) |
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Map sheet | NM39NE |
Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6430 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/21880 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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