Kirriereoch Loch Explained
| Kirriereoch loch |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland Dumfries and Galloway |
| Coords: | 55.1467°N -4.5678°W |
| Outflow: | Kirriemore burn |
| Basin Countries: | Scotland |
| Length: | 0.25miles |
| Width: | 0.2miles |
| Area: | 6.9ha[1] |
| Depth: | 7feet |
| Max-Depth: | 15feet |
| Volume: | 5000000ft3 |
| Shore: | 1.2km (00.7miles) |
| Elevation: | 212m (696feet) |
| Islands: | 0 |
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 12miles north of the town of Newton Stewart.[2] 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]
Survey
The loch was surveyed[2] 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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Kirriereoch Loch. . British lakes. British Lakes. 16 September 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030117/http://www.britishlakes.info/27778-kirriereoch-loch-dumfries-and-galloway. dead.
- 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.
- Web site: Kitson . Matt . Kirriereoch Loch . Newton Stewart Angling Association . 17 July 2019.
- Web site: Wood of Cree . The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . 17 July 2019.
- Book: Bruce Sandison. Rivers and Lochs of Scotland: The Angler's Complete Guide. 15 February 2011. Black & White Publishing Limited. 978-1-84502-520-5. 933–.
- Web site: Loch Dornal; Kirriereoch Loch; Loch Trool (Vol. 5, Plate 42) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. 16 September 2015.
