Bonaly Reservoir

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Bonaly Reservoir
Bonaly Reservoir
Bonaly Reservoir
Location: Edinburgh , Scotland
Drain: Dean Burn → Bonaly Burn → Braid Burn → Firth of Forth
Major cities nearby: Edinburgh
Bonaly Reservoir (Scotland)
Bonaly Reservoir
Coordinates 55 ° 52 '54 "  N , 3 ° 15' 53"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 52 '54 "  N , 3 ° 15' 53"  W
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1853
Data on the reservoir
Reservoir length 230 m
Reservoir width 160 m

The Bonaly Reservoir is a reservoir in Scotland .

geography

The approximately 230 m long and 160 m wide lake is located at a height of around 350 m in the south of the Council Area Edinburgh on the western flank of the Pentland Hills . The southern foothills of Edinburgh begin around 1.5 km to the north. To the east and south respectively rise Capelaw Hill (454 m) and Harbor Hill (421 m).

Various mountain streams feed the small reservoir. The only drain is the Dean Burn , which drains from the north bank. After a few hundred meters it flows into the Bonaly Burn , which flows out of the Torduff Reservoir and Clubbiedean Reservoir to the west . The final earth wall is reinforced with stone.

history

The construction of the damming of the Dean Burn was completed in 1853. On a map of the Ordnance Survey from 1855, the Bonaly Reservoir is named but not shown as a lake. A lake can only be seen at the location on the new edition that was created around 40 years later. The reservoir serves to supply Edinburgh with water.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ a b Entry on Bonaly Reservoir  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  4. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland

Web links

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