Castle Loch
Castle Loch is a shallae eutrophic loch kiverin an aurie o aboot 247 acre in the toun o Lochmaben in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It lies til the wast o Mochrum Loch[1] an haes twa islets. The ruint Lochmaben Castle lies at the soothren end o the loch.
| Castle Loch | |
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| Location | Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°WCoordinates: 54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°W |
| Teep | freshwatter loch |
| Primary inflows | several smaw burns |
| Primar ootflows | Castle Loch Burn |
| Basin kintras | Scotland |
| Max. lenth | 1.25 mi (2.01 km)[1] |
| Max. weenth | 0.5 mi (0.80 km)[1] |
| 92.5 ha (229 acre)[2] | |
| Average deepth | 6.5 ft (2.0 m)[1] |
| Max. deepth | 11 ft (3.4 m)[1] |
| 65,000,000 cu ft (1,800,000 m3)[1] | |
| Shore lenth1 | 6.4 km (4.0 mi)[2] |
| Surface elevation | 85 m (279 ft)[2] |
| Islands | 2 islets[2] |
| Offeecial name | Castle Loch, Lochmaben |
| Designatit | 15 March 1996 |
| Reference no. | 796[3] |
| 1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur. | |
Vizzie
eeditThe loch wis vizzied[1] in 1903 bi James Murray an later chairtit[4] as a pairt o Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
Wildlife an conservation
eeditCastle Loch is an important ower-winterin location for the pink-fittit guiss (Anser brachyrhynchus) an the harle (Mergus merganser) (kent as a rantock or saw neb an aw). It haes been notit as a Wetland o International Importance unner the Ramsar Convention,,[3] an haes been designatit a Site o Speicial Scienteefic Interest.[5]
References
eedit- ↑ 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 "Castle loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Archived frae the original on 30 Januar 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ a b "Castle Loch, Lochmaben". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 29 Januar 2019.
- ↑ "Lochs Castle & Mochrum (Vol. 5, Plate 41) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Castle Loch, Lochmaben RAMSAR". Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 29 Januar 2019.