Loch Ken
| Loch Ken | |
|---|---|
| Location | Dumfries an Gallowa |
| Coordinates | 55°00′32″N 4°03′22″W / 55.009°N 4.056°WCoordinates: 55°00′32″N 4°03′22″W / 55.009°N 4.056°W |
| Teep | freshwater loch, reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Watter o Ken, River Dee, Polharrow Burn |
| Basin kintras | Scotland |
| Max. lenth | 9 mile |
| Settlements | Glenlochar, Lauriston, Mossdale, Crossmichel, Parton |
| Offeecial name | Loch Ken & River Dee Marshes |
| Designatit | 31 August 1992 |
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Loch Ken is 9-mile lang freshwatter loch in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland.
Veilages aroond Loch Ken include Glenlochar at at the sooth, Laurieston an Mossdale oan the wast side o the loch, Crossmichel an Parton oan the east. The toun o New Gallowa lies yin mile tae the north. The parish kirk o Balmaghie is bi the loch oposit Crossmichel.
At the northern end o the loch stauns Kenmure Castle. [1]
John Murray wis gamekeeper tae the Gordons at Kenmure Castle an is remembered fur huvin caught in the loch the lairgest ged oan record, the heid o whilk restet oan his shooder, wi the tail trailing oan the grun. It weight seventy-two poonds, an it maisured aboot seven feet in length. The skeleton o the heid wis fur mony years preserved oan display in the billiard room at Kenmure whaur it was studied an maisured by Charles Tate Regan ichthyologist, o the Natural History Museum in Lunnon. Murray died in 1777 and is buryt at Kells Churchyaird ; oan his tombstone ur carved in relief a gun, fishin-rod, dug an a partridge. [2]
