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Loch Dochart

Coordinates: 56°23′47″N 4°35′3″W / 56.39639°N 4.58417°W / 56.39639; -4.58417
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Loch Dochart
Loch Dochart
Loch Dochart is located in Stirling
Loch Dochart
Loch Dochart
LocationPerthshire, Scotland
Coordinates56°23′47″N 4°35′3″W / 56.39639°N 4.58417°W / 56.39639; -4.58417
Typefreshwater loch
Primary inflowsRiver Fillan
Primary outflowsRiver Dochart
Basin countriesScotland
Max. length1.06 km (0.66 mi)[1]
Max. width0.26 km (0.16 mi)[1]
Surface area19 ha (46 acres)[1]
Average depth1.5 m (5 ft)[1]
Max. depth3.4 m (11 ft)[1]
Water volume284,100 m3 (10,032,000 cu ft)[1]
Surface elevation156 m (513 ft)[1]
Islands1 islet

Loch Dochart is a small freshwater loch on the Lochdochart Estate in Stirling, Scottish Highlands. It lies approximately 1.7 km (1.1 mi) 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Tay Basin". National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Loch Dochart Castle". www.canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. Canmore. 29 June 1962. Retrieved 20 August 2014..
  3. ^ "Lochs Dochart & Iubhair (Vol. 3, Plate 20) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". www.nls.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ^ Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)