Megget-Manor Tunnel [Adit] - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Megget-Manor Tunnel [Adit]

NGR:	NT 19873 30355
WGS84:	55.56027, -3.27192
Length:	7400 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	283 m
Geology:	Gala Unit 4 - wacke
Tags:	Adit, Tunnel, ManMade
Registry:	second

"tunnel that conveys water from the Megget Reservoir. From this location the water is conveyed northward in an underground pipeline to Gladhouse Reservoir and onto the treatment works at Glencorse." [Geograph]

Notes: Southermost limit of tunnel at Megget Reservoir draw-off tower located at [NT 2093 2308].

Given length approx. (straight line between adit portal & draw-off tower); possibly continues N of adit portal.

Links and Resources:

Geograph: (NT1930) Megget Manor Tunnel Portal, by G. Yuill 2018. - Link
Axis Plumbers: Edinburgh Water - Link
Tunnels & Tunnelling, 1981: Construction of the Megget water tunnel - Link
Tait, W.A.P. 1907. The Talla Water Supply of the Edinburgh & District Waterworks. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol.167, issue 1907.
Wikipedia: Edinburgh Water Company - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Water_Company

This entry was last updated: 2025-10-31 15:03:30

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