Kirriereoch Loch

Kirriereoch loch
Location	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates	55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W / 55.14667°N 4.56778°WCoordinates: 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 m^3)[1]
Shore length^1	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.

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]

The loch is stocked with brown trout and fishing. The Newton Stewart Angling Association manage fishing on the loch.^[3]

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted ^[4] 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. "Kirriereoch Loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
3. 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.
4. "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.