Castle Loch, Dumfries and Galloway

Castle Loch
Location Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates 54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°W / 54.8495; -4.67030Coordinates: 54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°W / 54.8495; -4.67030
Type freshwater loch
Primary inflows several small burns
Primary outflows Castle Loch burn
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 1.25 mi (2.01 km)[1]
Max. width 0.5 mi (0.80 km)[1]
Surface area 92.5 ha (229 acres)[2]
Average depth 6.5 ft (2.0 m)[1]
Max. depth 11 ft (3.4 m)[1]
Water volume 65,000,000 cu ft (1,800,000 m3)[1]
Shore length1 6.4 km (4.0 mi)[2]
Surface elevation 85 m (279 ft)[2]
Islands 2 islets[2]
Official name Castle Loch, Lochmaben
Designated 15 March 1996
Reference no. 796[3]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Castle Loch is a large, shallow, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies to the west of Mochrum Loch and about 9 mi (14 km) west of the town of Wigtown.[1] The loch has 2 islets.

Survey

The loch was surveyed[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted [4] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Cree Basin". National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Castle loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Castle Loch, Lochmaben". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lochs Castle & Mochrum (Vol. 5, Plate 41) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.


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