Type freshwater loch Primary outflows Castle Loch burn Max. length 1.25 mi (2.01 km) Area 92 ha Length 2.01 km Shore length 6.4 km | Primary inflows Basin countries Scotland Surface elevation 85 m Mean depth 1.98 m Width 800 m Parent range Southern Uplands | |
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Location Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | ||
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. The loch has 2 islets.
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Map of Castle Loch, Newton Stewart, UK
SurveyEdit
The loch was surveyed in 1903 by James Murray and later charted as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
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Castle Loch, Dumfries and Galloway Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA