Castle Loch, Port William Explained

Castle Loch
Coords:	54.8495°N -4.6703°W
Inflow:	several small burns
Outflow:	Castle Loch burn
Basin Countries:	Scotland
Length:	1.25miles
Width:	0.5miles
Area:	92.5ha^[1]
Depth:	6.5feet
Max-Depth:	11feet
Volume:	65000000ft3
Shore:	6.4km (04miles)
Elevation:	85m (279feet)
Islands:	2 islets
Pushpin Map:	Scotland#United Kingdom#Europe

Castle Loch is a large, shallow, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies to the west of Mochrum Loch and about 9miles west of the town of Wigtown.^[2] The loch has 2 islets.

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[2] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted ^[3] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Castle loch. . British lakes. British Lakes. 16 September 2015. 30 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190130000326/http://www.britishlakes.info/28493-castle-loch-dumfries-and-galloway. dead.
2. Web site: Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Cree Basin. National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. 16 September 2015.
3. Web site: Lochs Castle & Mochrum (Vol. 5, Plate 41) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. 16 September 2015.