Dubh Loch, Glen Muick

Dubh Loch
Dubh Loch
Location Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type freshwater loch
Primary outflows Allt an Dubh-loch
Basin countries Scotland
Surface area 19.9 ha (49 acres)[1]
Shore length1 2.3 km (1.4 mi)[1]
Surface elevation 637 m (2,090 ft)[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Dubh Loch is a small upland loch situated within the Balmoral Estate, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is at an altitude of 637 metres (2,090 ft), with a perimeter of 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi),[1] and its outflow, Allt an Dubh-loch, empties into Loch Muick approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the southeast near the royal lodge Glas-allt-Shiel.[2] To the southeast of the loch is the Munro Broad Cairn and to the northwest the ground slopes steeply up to Càrn a' Coire Boidheach and Lochnagar.[3] To the west is Cairn Bannoch and over a high col to the southwest lies Loch Callater.[4]

Creag an Dubh Loch

A wall of granite, Creag an Dubh Loch, rises steeply above the loch on the southeast shading the loch from the sun – hence the name "dark lake". Creag an Dubh Loch is about 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) long and generally about 200 metres (660 ft) high – at its highest it is 270 metres (890 ft) making it the highest continuous rock face in the Cairngorms.[3]

The loch was a favourite spot for Queen Victoria to visit from her retreat at Glas-allt-Shiel. Once her son Alfred swam out into the loch to capture and kill a wounded stag in the water.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dubh Loch, Grampian". British Lakes. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey one-inch Scotland, 1885-1900". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  3. 1 2 3 Watson, Adam (1992). The Cairngorms : Lochnagar and the Mounth (6th ed.). Scottish Mountaineering Trust. pp. 200–202. ISBN 0-907521-39-8.
  4. ↑ Tranter, Nigel (1972). The Queen's Scotland, The Eastern Counties. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0 340 16462 X.

Coordinates: 56°55′46″N 3°15′12″W / 56.92944°N 3.25333°W / 56.92944; -3.25333

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