Daer Reservoir | |
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Location | South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°21′11″N 3°37′01″W / 55.353°N 3.617°W |
Type | reservoir |
Daer Reservoir is a man-made waterbody created by the damming of the Daer Water, a tributary of the River Clyde in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies within the Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire. It is accessible by a minor public road leaving the A702 follows the Daer Water south to the dam and then continues along the western margin of the reservoir as far as Kirkhope.[1] The reservoir was officially opened by Elizabeth II in 1956 to supply water to the Scottish Central Belt.[2]