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Kirriereoch Loch

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Type
  
freshwater loch

Basin countries
  
Scotland

Max. width
  
0.2 mi (0.32 km)

Area
  
7 ha

Length
  
400 m

Shore length
  
1.2 km

Primary outflows
  
Kirriemore burn

Max. length
  
0.25 mi (0.40 km)

Surface elevation
  
212 m

Mean depth
  
2.1 m

Width
  
300 m

Number of islands
  
0

Kirriereoch Loch

Location
  
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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.

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

Survey

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.

References

Kirriereoch Loch Wikipedia