Loch Dochart Explained

Loch Dochart
Pushpin Map:Scotland Stirling
Location:Perthshire, Scotland
Coords:56.3964°N -4.5842°W
Type:freshwater loch
Inflow:River Fillan
Outflow:River Dochart
Basin Countries:Scotland
Length:0.66abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Width:0.16abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Area:46abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Depth:5abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Max-Depth:11abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Volume:10032000abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Elevation:513abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Islands:1 islet

Loch Dochart is a small freshwater loch on the Lochdochart Estate in Stirling, Scottish Highlands. It lies approximately 1.7km (01.1miles) to the east of the town of Crianlarich at the foot of Ben More.[1] There is a small wooded island in the middle of the loch on which stands the ruins of a castle originally built by Sir Duncan Campbell between 1583 and 1631.[2]

The loch was surveyed[1] on 11 May, 1902 by T.N. Johnston and James Parsons and later charted [3] as part of Sir John Murray's The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Tay Basin. . National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. 2014-08-20.
  2. Web site: Loch Dochart Castle. . 29 June 1962. www.canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. Canmore. 2014-08-20. .
  3. Web site: Lochs Dochart & Iubhair (Vol. 3, Plate 20) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland . www.nls.uk. 2014-08-20.
  4. Book: Murray. John. John Murray (oceanographer). Pullar. Laurence. Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. 1910 . Edinburgh .