Kirriereoch loch | |
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Location | Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°W |
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] It is a part of the Wood of Cree Nature Preserve system [3] [4]
The loch is stocked with brown trout with wild brown trout also being present. The Newton Stewart Angling Association manage fishing on the loch. [5]
The loch was surveyed [1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted [6] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
Kirriereoch loch | |
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Location | Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°W |
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] It is a part of the Wood of Cree Nature Preserve system [3] [4]
The loch is stocked with brown trout with wild brown trout also being present. The Newton Stewart Angling Association manage fishing on the loch. [5]
The loch was surveyed [1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted [6] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.