Loch Dochart

Loch Dochart
Loch Dochart
Location Stirling, Scotland
Coordinates 56°23′47″N 4°35′3″W / 56.39639°N 4.58417°W / 56.39639; -4.58417Coordinates: 56°23′47″N 4°35′3″W / 56.39639°N 4.58417°W / 56.39639; -4.58417
Type freshwater loch
Primary inflows River Fillan
Primary outflows River Dochart
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 0.66 mi (1.06 km)[1]
Max. width 0.16 mi (0.26 km)[1]
Surface area 46 acres (19 ha)[1]
Average depth 5 ft (1.5 m)[1]
Max. depth 11 ft (3.4 m)[1]
Water volume 10,032,000 cu ft (284,100 m3)[1]
Surface elevation 513 ft (156 m)[1]
Islands 1 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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 2014-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Loch Dochart Castle". www.canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. Canmore. 29 June 1962. Retrieved 2014-08-20..
  3. ↑ "Lochs Dochart & Iubhair (Vol. 3, Plate 20) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". www.nls.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  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.
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