Loch Neldricken
| Loch Neldricken | |
|---|---|
 The loch wi Craignaw in the backgroond | |
| Location | Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°07′00″N 4°26′20″W / 55.11667°N 4.43889°WCoordinates: 55°07′00″N 4°26′20″W / 55.11667°N 4.43889°W |
| Teep | freshwatter loch |
| Primar ootflows | Mid Burn |
| Basin kintras | Unitit Kinrich |
| Surface elevation | ~350 m (1,150 ft) |
Loch Neldricken is a loch in Gallowa til the sootheast o Merrick, sooth o Craig Neldricken, an wast o Craignaw. The loch is awmaist bisectit bi a lang promontory. It tuims via the short Mid Burn intae Loch Valley an syne via Gairland Burn doun tae Loch Trool.
An inlat at the wastren end o the loch is merkit on maps as "Murder Hole" an featurs in Samuel Rutherford Crockett's beuk The Raiders. Houiver, the oreeginal Murder Hole wis a wall on the Glen Trool tae Straitoun road whaur the lykes o traivelers that haed been robbit an murthert wis plunkit, an Crockett muived the location for his beuk.[1][2]
The loch haes dree'd fae acidification bit haes rekivert tae some degree, wi the pH increasin fae aroond 4.4 in 1978 tae 5.4 in 2003.[3]
- ↑ "Chapter Six - Rowantree Toll". The Grey Man. Archived frae the original on 16 Julie 2011. Retrieved 20 Juin 2008.
- ↑ Colin Hogarth. "The Murder Hole". walkscotland.com. Retrieved 20 Juin 2008.
- ↑ "Recovery from Acid Rain Gives Hope to Scottish Upland Salmonid Populations". Fisheries Research Services. 21 November 2005. Archived frae the original on 5 Januar 2017. Retrieved 25 Juin 2008.