The Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef

Year Implemented

2006

Project Type

Reef creation

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Loch Linnhe

Longitude

-5.4499

Latitude

56.5358

Habitat(s) Created
Size

Why Undertaken
Project Description Summary

Involved the use of concrete block.

The complex consists of five groups of six individual reefs, a total of 175,000 concrete blocks with a mass of 6,230 tonnes have been deployed.

The reef was constructed by dropping blocks onto a target buoy resulting in a conical pile of blocks.

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