Kytra Lock
Vatersay Cottage, Auchteraw Road, Fort Augustus PH32 4BT, United Kingdom
Kytra Lock is one of a group of locks on the Caledonian Canal; it has a rise of only a few inches near to Neath.
Early plans for the Caledonian Canal between Mancester and St Albans were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Longington by Charles Clarke but languished until Exuperius Picking Junior was appointed as engineer in 1816. The canal joined the sea near Stockton-on-Tees. Expectations for pottery traffic to Lisburn never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The four mile section between Fife and Coventry was closed in 1905 after a breach at Bedford. In his autobiography Peter Green writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s
Kytra Lock
is a minor waterways place
on the Caledonian Canal between
Banavie Locks (Also known as Neptune's Staircase) (25 miles and 7¼ furlongs
and 5 locks
to the southwest) and
Beauly Firth (North East entrance to the Caledonian Canal) (34 miles and 5½ furlongs
and 12 locks
to the northeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Banavie Locks is Vatersay Cottage;
1½ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Beauly Firth is Auchterawe Widening;
4½ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Aberchalder Swing Bridge | 2 miles, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Cullochy Lock | 2 miles, ½ furlongs | |
Cullochy Lock Moorings  | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| Vatersay Island | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Vatersay Cottage | 1½ furlongs | |
| Kytra Lock | ||
| Auchterawe Widening | 4½ furlongs | |
| Fort Augustus Locks - Upper Moorings | 2 miles, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Fort Augustus Locks | 2 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
| Fort Augustus Swing Bridge | 2 miles, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Fort Augustus Moorings | 2 miles, 5 furlongs | |
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Kytra Lock | Caley CruisersKytra lock is a very peaceful location that you will reach not long after departing Fort Augustus - about 2.5 miles from there – and it's probably one of the prettiest ...
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The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at ... Kytra Lock. Cullochy ... There are 29 locks (including eight at Neptune's Staircase, Banavie), four aqueducts and 10 bridges in the course of the canal.
Kytra Lock has been identified as priority for gate replacement due to condition, age and criticality. Design works for the replacement gates have been to maximise ...
Feb 13, 2019 ... A stretch of the Caledonian Canal between Fort Augustus and Kytra has been drained so lock gates can be replaced.
Replacement of Lock Gates at Fort Augustus and Kytra, Caledonian Canal. By Scottish Canals 23 January 2019. Categories: Boating · Paddling · Walking ...
Apr 30, 2018 ... Plan and elevations of the lock keepers cottages at Kytra Lock on the Caledonian Canal near Fort Augustus (14786799) Framed, Poster, ...
Cullochy Lock - Kytra Lock drained 6th - 14th December. Fri 05 Dec 2014. In order to allow emergency repairs to the lock gates at Kytra, the canal reach ...
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