Castle Loch, Dumfries and Galloway

Castle Loch
Location	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates	54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°WCoordinates: 54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°W
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	several small burns
Primary outflows	Castle Loch burn
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	1.25 mi (2.01 km)[1]
Max. width	0.5 mi (0.80 km)[1]
Surface area	92.5 ha (229 acres)[2]
Average depth	6.5 ft (2.0 m)[1]
Max. depth	11 ft (3.4 m)[1]
Water volume	65,000,000 cu ft (1,800,000 m^3)[1]
Shore length^1	6.4 km (4.0 mi)[2]
Surface elevation	85 m (279 ft)[2]
Islands	2 islets[2]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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 9 mi (14 km) west of the town of Wigtown.^[1] The loch has 2 islets.

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[1] 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.

References

1. "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.
2. "Castle loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
3. "Lochs Castle & Mochrum (Vol. 5, Plate 41) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.