Asgog Loch

Asgog Loch
Asgog Castle and Loch.
Location Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Coordinates 55°53′03″N 5°16′57″W / 55.884162°N 5.2824952°W / 55.884162; -5.2824952Coordinates: 55°53′03″N 5°16′57″W / 55.884162°N 5.2824952°W / 55.884162; -5.2824952, grid reference NR94807054
Type Freshwater Loch and Reservoir.
Basin countries Scotland, United Kingdom.
Surface area 250,000 m2 (2,700,000 sq ft)
Water volume 450,000 m3 (360 acre⋅ft)

Asgog Loch; is a natural freshwater loch, situated about 4 km southwest of Tighnabruaich, on the Cowal peninsula within Argyll and Bute, Scotland, which was dammed to create an impounding reservoir for the supply of freshwater to the Low Mills of the nearby gunpowder mills at Millhouse (The Kames Powder Works).[1]

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Sources

  1. ↑ RCAHMS - Millhouse, Kames Gunpowder Works - Retrieved 20 September 2012
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