Hillend Loch - Caldercruix

Hillend Loch is a lake located to the east of Caldercruix, bordered on its south shore by the A89 road. Hillend Loch is a naturalised reservoir established between 1797 and 1799 when the North Calder Water was dammed.  It was, at the time, the largest man-made reservoir in the world. It still supplies water to the Forth & Clyde Canal and the remains of the Monkland Canal.