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Clachan Power Station - Adit and spoil heap

Clachan Power Station sign


A short distance below the surge pond is the entrance to the construction adit referenced in the surge pond drawings:

Clachan adit

Photo: Clachan adit
Photo by: Mike Ross

A considerable quantity of spoil was removed from the tunnel via this adit, the spoil heap being somewhat precariously perched on the steep hillside. From above the adit:

Clachan spoil heap

Photo: Clachan surge pond
Photo by: Mike Ross

And from below; note the care taken to lay the toe of the spoil heap:

Clachan spoil heap

Photo: Clachan spoil heap
Photo by: Mike Ross

The scale of the landscape, and the spoil heap, is best appreciated from a distance:

Clachan - distant view across Loch Fyne

Photo: Clachan - distant view across Loch Fyne
Photo by: Mike Ross
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