£140 million, a 905 metre-long dam, 18 kilometres of tunnels through one of Scotland�s highest mountains, more than 300 workers from 19 different countries ... all to create the biggest hydro-electric station built in the UK for half a century. Paul Dalgarno finds out what life is like for the workforce and the community that has welcomed them.
A t first sight, the top camp of the Glendoe hydro-electric scheme looks bleak. Situated some 700 metres above sea level, in the Monadhliath mountains above the small Highland village of Fort Augustus, it is the highest settlement in Scotland and surely the most exposed.
