Laggan Dam
Laggan Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam located on the River Spean south west of Loch Laggan in the Scottish Highlands. It forms the second reservoir for the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: TreveX, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tulloch railway station and Inverlair Falls.
Tulloch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Johndarm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tulloch railway station is a rural railway station in the remote Tulloch area of the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Corrour and Roy Bridge, sited 81 miles 59 chains from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh. Tulloch railway station is situated 1 mile west of Laggan Dam.
Inverlair Falls
Waterfall
Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverlair Falls is a waterfall of Scotland. Inverlair Falls is situated 2 miles west of Laggan Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fersit and Achluachrach.
Fersit
Hamlet
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fersit is a hamlet close to Tulloch railway station in Lochaber, Scottish Highlands and is in the Highland council area. The River Treig, the outlet of Loch Treig, runs past Fersit. Fersit is situated 2 miles southwest of Laggan Dam.
Achluachrach
Hamlet
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achluachrach is a small settlement in Glen Spean in Lochaber, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the A86 road, 3 km east of Roybridge and 8 km east of Spean Bridge. Achluachrach is situated 4½ miles west of Laggan Dam.
Laggan Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Highland, Scotland, UK, impounds the Glen Spean reservoir
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.88967° or 56° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
-4.6733° or 4° 40′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C8QV8QG+VMOpenStreetMap ID
way 51144719OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q6472062
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Scottish Gaelic—“Laggan Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “拉根水壩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد لاجان”
- Italian: “diga di Laggan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dama an Lagain”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Laggan Dam”. Photo: TreveX, CC BY-SA 3.0.