Kirriereoch Loch

Kirriereoch loch
Location Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates 55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°W / 55.14667; -4.56778Coordinates: 55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°W / 55.14667; -4.56778
Type freshwater loch
Primary outflows Kirriemore burn
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 0.25 mi (0.40 km)[1]
Max. width 0.2 mi (0.32 km)[1]
Surface area 6.9 ha (17 acres)[2]
Average depth 7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. depth 15 ft (4.6 m)[1]
Water volume 5,000,000 cu ft (140,000 m3)[1]
Shore length1 1.2 km (0.75 mi)[2]
Surface elevation 212 m (696 ft)[2]
Islands 0 [2]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kirriereoch Loch is a small, shallow, square shaped, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 12 mi (19 km) north of the town of Newton Stewart.[1]

The loch is stocked with brown trout and fishing. The Newton Stewart Angling Association manage fishing on the loch.[3]

Survey

The loch was surveyed[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted [4] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kirriereoch Loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Bruce Sandison (15 February 2011). Rivers and Lochs of Scotland: The Angler's Complete Guide. Black & White Publishing Limited. pp. 933–. ISBN 978-1-84502-520-5.
  4. ↑ "Loch Dornal; Kirriereoch Loch; Loch Trool (Vol. 5, Plate 42) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.


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