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Latitude: 57.433 / 57°25'58"N
Longitude: -4.3024 / 4°18'8"W
OS Eastings: 261870
OS Northings: 840416
OS Grid: NH618404
Mapcode National: GBR H9R2.FY1
Mapcode Global: WH3FH.WFDM
Entry Name: Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock
Scheduled Date: 26 October 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5417
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Industrial: inland water
Location: Inverness and Bona
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument consists of a standard masonry-walled Caledonian Canal lock, with associated working areas.
The lock forms part of the Caledonian Canal, which at the time of its construction was one of the largest canals in the world and was probably the largest civil engineering project up to that date in Scotland.
The area to be scheduled is roughly rectangular, 100m SW-NE by 45m NW-SE and is marked in red on the accompanying map. The modern lock gates and hydraulic control gear are excluded from the scheduling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a significant part of the Caledonian Canal, built between 1803 and 1822. It is scheduled as part of a programme of protection also involving listing of buildings. Dochgarroch Lock was built as a regulating device to protect the eastern end of the canal from fluctuations in the level of water in the River Neess. The canal was designed by Thomas Telford and financed directly by Government. It set new standards in the scale of its locks.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH64SW 16.1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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