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]
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  Kirriereoch loch | |
| 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. | |
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
editThe 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.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Cree Basin". National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Kirriereoch Loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Kitson, Matt. "Kirriereoch Loch". Newton Stewart Angling Association. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Wood of Cree". The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Bruce Sandison (15 February 2011). Rivers and Lochs of Scotland: The Angler's Complete Guide. Black & White Publishing Limited. pp. 933–. ISBN 978-1-84502-520-5.
- ^ "Loch Dornal; Kirriereoch Loch; Loch Trool (Vol. 5, Plate 42) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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