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Latitude: 57.0363 / 57°2'10"N
Longitude: -4.8148 / 4°48'53"W
OS Eastings: 229292
OS Northings: 797429
OS Grid: NN292974
Mapcode National: GBR GBH3.TJ9
Mapcode Global: WH2G2.0DHS
Entry Name: Caledonian Canal,Laggan Locks to Loch Oich
Scheduled Date: 30 August 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6494
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Industrial: inland water
Location: Kilmonivaig
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Caol and Mallaig
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument comprises that stretch of inland waterway known as the Caledonian Canal running north-east from the Laggan Locks to Loch Oich.
The area to be scheduled includes all the canal in water and the strip of ground extending up to 20m from the water on either side and containing the towpaths and embankments and any associated capstans, bollards, mooring hooks, mile posts, weirs and overflows.
The scheduled area excludes the plate girder swing bridge at Laggan, all modern moorings, pontoons, slipways, walls and fences, power cables, lampposts and other street furniture. The scheduled area is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a major component of the Caledonian Canal, built between 1803 and 1822. The canal was designed by the famous Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford and financed directly by the Government. At the opening ceremony it was described as 'one of the most stupendous undertakings of that nature which Europe had seen'; it certainly was then, and remains today, the largest single construction work in the Highlands.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
References:
Cameron, A. D. (1994) The Caledonian Canal.
Lindsay, J. (1968) The Canals of Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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