Loch Davan

Loch Davan
Dawn at Loch Davan
Location	Grampian, Scotland
Coordinates	57°5′40″N 2°55′23″W / 57.09444°N 2.92306°W / 57.09444; -2.92306Coordinates: 57°5′40″N 2°55′23″W / 57.09444°N 2.92306°W / 57.09444; -2.92306[1]
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	Red Burn and Logie Burn[2]
Primary outflows	Monandavan Burn [2]
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.75 mi (1.21 km)[3]
Max. width	0.33 mi (0.53 km)[3]
Surface area	42.2 ha (104 acres)[1]
Average depth	4 ft (1.2 m)[3]
Max. depth	9 ft (2.7 m)[3]
Water volume	25,000,000 cu ft (710,000 m3)[3]
Shore length1	3.3 km (2.1 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	167 m (548 ft)[1]
Islands	0[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Davan is a small, triangular, freshwater loch approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) northeast of Ballater, Scotland and lying immediately north of Loch Kinord. It is approximately 0.75 mi (1.21 km) in length and was formed from a glacial kettle hole.^[2][4] The loch sits within the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve.^[2]

Flora and fauna

Due to its shallowness, light penetrates to the loch floor. Consequently many species of aquatic plants exist including water lobelia, quillwort and shoreweed. Around the perimeter reeds, sedges, horsetails, bulrushes and willow scrub are found. The loch is also home to pike, otters, migrating geese and other wildfowl.^[2]

Archaeology

The remains of a medieval moated homestead, known as The Heugh are visible on the northern shore of the loch. The Heugh is thought to have been the Hall of Logy Rothwayne, the headquarters of Andrew de Moray during the Battle of Culblean in 1335.^[2][5]

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[3] on 10 July 1905 by T.N. Johnston and L.W. Collett and later charted ^[6] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

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