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Crosshill Loch

Coordinates: 55°24′49″N 5°36′35″W / 55.4135°N 5.6096°W / 55.4135; -5.6096
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Crosshill Loch
Photographer Johnny Durnan
Crosshill Loch is located in Argyll and Bute
Crosshill Loch
Crosshill Loch
LocationCampbeltown, Scotland
Coordinates55°24′49″N 5°36′35″W / 55.4135°N 5.6096°W / 55.4135; -5.6096
grid reference NR71771921
TypeReservoir
Basin countriesScotland, United Kingdom
Surface area78,300 m2 (843,000 sq ft)
Water volume172,000 m3 (139 acre⋅ft)

Crosshill Loch is an impounding reservoir, located 1 kilometre south of the centre of Campbeltown, and is the source of water for the town's Whisky Distilleries: Springbank, Glengyle and Glen Scotia.[1] The earthen dam is 14.3 metres high. Records show the dam was constructed prior to 1868.

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