2013

NG3546 : Western slopes of Cruachan-Glen Vic Askill

taken 11 years ago, 5 km S of Blackhill, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Western slopes of Cruachan-Glen Vic Askill
Western slopes of Cruachan-Glen Vic Askill
Looking north. The windfarm track which provides easy access to this desolate featureless and boggy moorland can be seen, centrally. The ground on which the photographer is standing was disturbed when the windfarm track was built. Although the heather and grass is growing back, there is no depth of moss and soggy peat as is the case on the undisturbed moor.
Edinbane windfarm 2013

The Edinbane wind farm was officially opened on Thursday 1st July 2010 by Conservative MP David Mundell, Under-Secretary for State for Scotland. It is owned by Vattenfall Wind Power - a Dutch company. The windfarm comprises 18 Enercon 2.3 MW wind turbines, with a maximum turbine height of 99.5 metres. The turbine towers are 67 metres (215 feet) high, blade diameter 66 metres (216 feet). The windfarm produces enough electricity to power over 22,000 homes.

The main access to the site is from the A863 in NG3042 with a light vehicle access from Upper Edinbane in NG3550. The wind farm buildings and turbines are in NG3447, NG3544, NG3545, NG3546, NG3547, and NG3548.


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Geographical Context: Uplands Moorland Place: Isle of Skye other tags: Heather Moorland Windfarm Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Looking North [2] · Western Slopes of Cruachan-Glen Vic Askill [2] Title Clusters: · Western slopes of Cruachan-Glen Vic Askill [2] ·
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NG3546, 10 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Richard Dorrell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 13 April, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 16 April, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NG 351 464 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:25.8443N 6:24.8460W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NG 351 463
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