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Kirriereoch Loch

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Kirriereoch loch
Kirriereoch Loch - geograph.org.uk - 457897
LocationDumfries an Gallowa, Scotland
Coordinates55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°W / 55.14667; -4.56778Coordinates: 55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°W / 55.14667; -4.56778
Teepfreshwater loch
Primar ootflowsKirriemore burn
Basin kintrasScotland
Max. lenth0.25 mi (0.40 km)[1]
Max. weenth0.2 mi (0.32 km)[1]
6.9 ha (17 acre)[2]
Average deepth7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. deepth15 ft (4.6 m)[1]
5,000,000 cu ft (140,000 m3)[1]
Shore lenth11.2 km (0.75 mi)[2]
Surface elevation212 m (696 ft)[2]
Islands0 [2]
1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur.

Kirriereoch Loch is a smaw, shallae, square-shapen loch in Dumfries an Gallowa, in the Soothren Uplands o soothwast Scotland. It lies aboot 12 mile north o the toun o Newtoun Stewart.[1] It is a pairt o the Wood of Cree Nature Preserve system.[3][4]

The lock is stockit wi broun troot (Salmo trutta), wi wild broon trout bein praisent an aw. The Newtown Stewart Angling Association manages the fishin on the loch.[5]

The loch wis vizzied[1] in 1903 bi James Murray an later chairtit[6] as pairt o Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

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  1. a b c d e f g "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. a b c d "Kirriereoch Loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. Kitson, Matt. "Kirriereoch Loch". Newton Stewart Angling Association. Archived frae the original on 17 Julie 2019. Retrieved 17 Julie 2019.
  4. "Wood of Cree". The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 17 Julie 2019.
  5. Bruce Sandison (15 Februar 2011). Rivers and Lochs of Scotland: The Angler's Complete Guide. Black & White Publishing Limited. pp. 933–. ISBN 978-1-84502-520-5.
  6. "Loch Dornal; Kirriereoch Loch; Loch Trool (Vol. 5, Plate 42) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.