Loch Gelly

Loch Gelly
Loch Gheallaidh

Loch Gelly

Gelly Loch
Location Fife, Scotland
Coordinates 56°7′3″N 3°17′12″W / 56.11750°N 3.28667°W / 56.11750; -3.28667Coordinates: 56°7′3″N 3°17′12″W / 56.11750°N 3.28667°W / 56.11750; -3.28667
Type freshwater loch
Primary inflows Lochgelly burn
Primary outflows Lochgelly burn
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 0.75 mi (1.21 km)[1]
Max. width 0.5 mi (0.80 km)[1]
Average depth 7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. depth 9 ft (2.7 m)[1]
Water volume 32,000,000 cu ft (910,000 m3)[1]
Surface elevation 351.2 ft (107.0 m)[1]

Loch Gelly (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Gheallaidh) is a small loch in Fife, Scotland lying approximately 1.5 km to the south east of the town of Lochgelly which itself is named after the loch. The Gaelic name of the loch, Loch Gheallaidh, can be loosely translated as Loch of Shining Waters or Loch of Brightness.[2] It is a broad, shallow flat bottomed basin approximately 1.75 km in length from west to east and 0.75 km wide at its maximum breadth.

Land around the loch is owned by Wemyss 1952 Trustees.[3]

The loch was surveyed[1] on 11 May 1905 by Sir John Murray and later charted [4] as part of The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Reservoirs of the Forth Basin". National Library of Scotland. 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  2. ↑ "The Gelly Trust – Lochgelly Community Development Forum". The Gelly Trust. The Gelly Trust. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-22..
  3. ↑ "Who owns Lochgelly Loch? - Freedom of information request made to Fife Council". June 2010. Retrieved 2013-07-22..
  4. ↑ "View: Loch Fitty; Loch Gelly; Harperleas Reservoir; Burn... - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  5. ↑ 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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