Loch of Kirbister
Loch of Kirbister | |
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Kirbister loch, Loch of Orphir[1] | |
![]() The Loch of Kirbister - geograph.org.uk - 1310615 Looking roughly SW over moorland down to the loch. | |
Location | Mainland Orkney, Scotland |
Coordinates | 58°57′08″N 3°5′36″W / 58.95222°N 3.09333°WCoordinates: 58°57′08″N 3°5′36″W / 58.95222°N 3.09333°W |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary inflows | several burns [1] |
Primary outflows | Mill burn at south end in to Waulkmill Bay[1] |
Catchment area | 8 square miles (21 km2)[1] |
Basin countries | Scotland |
Max. length | 1.25 mi (2.01 km)[1] |
Max. width | 0.5 mi (0.80 km)[1] |
Surface area | 227 acres (0.92 km2)[1] |
Average depth | 4 ft (1.2 m)[1] |
Max. depth | 6 ft (1.8 m)[1] |
Water volume | 41,000,000 cu ft (1,200,000 m3)[1] |
Surface elevation | 52 ft (16 m)[1] |
Islands | Holm of Groundwater[2] |
The Loch of Kirbister is a small, shallow, somewhat triangular shaped loch on Mainland Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Orphir. It lies 5 mi (8.0 km) south west of Kirkwall on cultivated land between two hills. There is a small (37 m (121 ft) by 19 m (62 ft)) turf covered islet known as the Groundwater of Holm just off the eastern shore of the loch. It shows traces in stone of an oval structure and small projecting pier.[2] The loch is popular for trout fishing and the The Orkney Trout Fishing Association has a hatchery at the Kirbister pumphouse [3] on the loch edge.
Mill Burn, the southerly outflow from the loch, was used to power the 18th century Kirbister Mill.[4]
The loch was surveyed[1] in 1903 by T.N. Johnston and R.C. Marshall and later charted [5] as part of Sir John Murray's The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of Orkney". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Loch of Kirbister - Groundwater of Holm". http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/''. RCAHMS. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "New trout hatchery at Kirbister". http://www.orkneytroutfishing.co.uk/''. OTFA. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "Kirbister Mill". http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/''. RCAHMS. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "Muckle & Peerie Waters; Loch of Isbister; Loch of Sabiston; Loch of Kirbister; Loch of Tankerness (Vol. 6, Plates 91 & 92) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh. Retrieved 24 July 2013.