Kirriereoch Loch
Appearance
Kirriereoch loch | |
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Location | Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°WCoordinates: 55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°W |
Teep | freshwater loch |
Primar ootflows | Kirriemore burn |
Basin kintras | Scotland |
Max. lenth | 0.25 mi (0.40 km)[1] |
Max. weenth | 0.2 mi (0.32 km)[1] |
6.9 ha (17 acre)[2] | |
Average deepth | 7 ft (2.1 m)[1] |
Max. deepth | 15 ft (4.6 m)[1] |
5,000,000 cu ft (140,000 m3)[1] | |
Shore lenth1 | 1.2 km (0.75 mi)[2] |
Surface elevation | 212 m (696 ft)[2] |
Islands | 0 [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]
Vizzie
[eedit | eedit soorce]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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b c d "Kirriereoch Loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ Kitson, Matt. "Kirriereoch Loch". Newton Stewart Angling Association. Archived frae the original on 17 Julie 2019. Retrieved 17 Julie 2019.
- ↑ "Wood of Cree". The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 17 Julie 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.