Loch of Clunie | |
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![]() Loch of Clunie. The island on the right (which is thought to be man made) contains the ruins of Clunie Castle. | |
Location | NO063781 |
Coordinates | 56°34′52″N 3°26′37″W / 56.5810°N 3.4436°W |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary inflows | Lunan Burn from Loch of Butterstone |
Primary outflows | Lunan Burn into Loch of Drumellie |
Max. length | 410 m (1,350 ft) [1] |
Max. width | 205 m (673 ft) [1] |
Surface area | 50.6 ha (125 acres) [2] |
Average depth | 8.8 m (29 ft) [1] |
Max. depth | 21 m (69 ft) [1] |
Water volume | 4,821,400 m3 (170,265,000 cu ft) [1] |
Shore length1 | 3.2 km (2.0 mi) [2] |
Surface elevation | 47 m (154 ft) [2] |
Max. temperature | 16.8 °C (62.3 °F) |
Min. temperature | 8.4 °C (47.2 °F) |
Islands | 1 |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Loch of Clunie is a small lowland freshwater loch that is located two miles (three kilometres) west of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. [1] [2] [3]
The Loch of Clunie has a single island, said to be artificial, which has the remains of Clunie Castle. [4] [5] The house was designed as a simple L-plan tower house and was built by George Brown Bishop of Dunkeld between 1485 and 1514 as a spiritual retreat. [4] A chapel was dedicated to St Catherine in the house in 1507. [4] The island is surrounded by a dry-stone wall and there is a well designed pier at the south-end of the island, that was constructed in 1512–1513. [4] The house was burnt down in a fire and was restored at the end of the 18th Century. [4] It is now currently a ruin as the roof fell in in 1989 and was never rebuilt.
Loch of Clunie | |
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![]() Loch of Clunie. The island on the right (which is thought to be man made) contains the ruins of Clunie Castle. | |
Location | NO063781 |
Coordinates | 56°34′52″N 3°26′37″W / 56.5810°N 3.4436°W |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary inflows | Lunan Burn from Loch of Butterstone |
Primary outflows | Lunan Burn into Loch of Drumellie |
Max. length | 410 m (1,350 ft) [1] |
Max. width | 205 m (673 ft) [1] |
Surface area | 50.6 ha (125 acres) [2] |
Average depth | 8.8 m (29 ft) [1] |
Max. depth | 21 m (69 ft) [1] |
Water volume | 4,821,400 m3 (170,265,000 cu ft) [1] |
Shore length1 | 3.2 km (2.0 mi) [2] |
Surface elevation | 47 m (154 ft) [2] |
Max. temperature | 16.8 °C (62.3 °F) |
Min. temperature | 8.4 °C (47.2 °F) |
Islands | 1 |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Loch of Clunie is a small lowland freshwater loch that is located two miles (three kilometres) west of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. [1] [2] [3]
The Loch of Clunie has a single island, said to be artificial, which has the remains of Clunie Castle. [4] [5] The house was designed as a simple L-plan tower house and was built by George Brown Bishop of Dunkeld between 1485 and 1514 as a spiritual retreat. [4] A chapel was dedicated to St Catherine in the house in 1507. [4] The island is surrounded by a dry-stone wall and there is a well designed pier at the south-end of the island, that was constructed in 1512–1513. [4] The house was burnt down in a fire and was restored at the end of the 18th Century. [4] It is now currently a ruin as the roof fell in in 1989 and was never rebuilt.